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
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
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
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
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
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
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
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27

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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