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
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
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
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
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
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
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
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
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
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26

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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