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
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
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
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
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
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
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
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02

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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