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
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
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
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14

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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