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
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
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
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
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
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
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
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
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
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Jewitt, Don	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
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
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11

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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