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
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Ashley MacIsaac	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
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01

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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The Reaction - East End Rockers

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Trooper - Knock 'em Dead Kid

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Bob Williams - 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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Bruce Cockburn - If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet

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Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

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Ian Thomas - 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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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Ray St. Germain - 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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Jean Leloup - L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié

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Mike Jones Group - Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling

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Willie Dunn - I Pity The Country b/w The Carver

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