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
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
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
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36

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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