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
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
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
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02

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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