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
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
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
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Elan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Elan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder Faster	02:59
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Phollop Willing P.A.	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57

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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