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
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
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
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder Faster	02:59
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
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
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
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
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Underworld	Bound	Go Away b/w Bound	03:15
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:55
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
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
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48

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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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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Kozak, Joe - Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me

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