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
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
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
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
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
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04

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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