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
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Elan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
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
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:55
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
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
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24

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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