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
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
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
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Spencer, Eddie	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
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
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Elan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38

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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