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
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
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
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
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
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
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
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
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

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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