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
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
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
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
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
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Etidlouie, Etulu	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54

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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