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
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
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
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
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
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Mitchell, Joni	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
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	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	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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