MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

This playlist is a curated journey through Canada's most significant and influential singles, as selected by Robert Williston for the Museum of Canadian Music. Spanning genres, decades, and regions, it showcases the diversity and richness of Canadian music history.

From iconic tracks like Stompin' Tom Connors' "The Hockey Song" to rare gems such as The Media's "Girl I Want You," this collection highlights both celebrated hits and obscure treasures. Each entry reflects a piece of Canada's musical tapestry, offering listeners a comprehensive overview of the nation's sonic heritage.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Murray, Anne-Marie	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

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Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)

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Gentle Touch - Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)

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Demics - New York City b/w Blue Boy

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Reaction, The - East End Rockers

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Trooper - Knock 'em Dead Kid

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Williams, Bob - I'm Alright

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Mantra - Stay b/w San Francisco Morning

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Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

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Mighty Pope - Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength

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Cockburn, Bruce - If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet

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Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

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Thomas, Ian - The Runner

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Mingles - I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq

Loverboy - Get Lucky

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Little, Russ - Deeper and Deeper

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St. Germain, Ray - ST

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Hometown Band - Flying

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Lady - You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love

Northern Pikes - Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)

Media - Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream

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A Passing Fancy - I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy

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49th Parallel - She Says b/w Citizen Freak

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Trooper - Two For The Show

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Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

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Prism - ST

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Expedition to Earth - Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time

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Leloup, Jean - L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié

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Jones, Mike Group - Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling

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Dunn, Willie - I Pity The Country b/w The Carver

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