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
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Etidlouie, Etulu	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
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
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41

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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