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
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
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
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39

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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