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
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
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
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
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
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
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
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
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35

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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