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
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Elan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Spencer, Eddie	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
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
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Phollop Willing P.A.	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
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
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
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
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57

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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