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
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
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
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:55
Phollop Willing P.A.	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Elan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
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
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12

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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