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
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
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
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Spencer, Eddie	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
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
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Jewitt, Don	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
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
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
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
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Murray, Anne-Marie	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
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
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
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
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55

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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