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
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Elan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
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
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03

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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