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
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
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
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
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
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
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
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
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
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01

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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