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
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Jewitt, Don	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Mitchell, Joni	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
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
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Mitchell, Joni	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Spencer, Eddie	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44

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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