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
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
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
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
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
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25

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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