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
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
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
Etidlouie, Etulu	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
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
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Spencer, Eddie	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27

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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