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
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Murray, Anne-Marie	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
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
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
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
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
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
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
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
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
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
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42

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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