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
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
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
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
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
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24

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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