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
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
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
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Elan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
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	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Elan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
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
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder Faster	04:22
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
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
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Mitchell, Joni	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06

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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