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
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
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
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
MacIsaac, Ashley	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Ocean	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
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
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28

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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