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
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
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
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
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
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	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
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
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
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

FEATURED

Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Gentle Touch - Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Demics - New York City b/w Blue Boy

FEATURED

Reaction, The - East End Rockers

FEATURED

Trooper - Knock 'em Dead Kid

FEATURED

Williams, Bob - I'm Alright

FEATURED

Mantra - Stay b/w San Francisco Morning

FEATURED

Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

FEATURED

Mighty Pope - Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength

FEATURED

Cockburn, Bruce - If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet

FEATURED

Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

FEATURED

Thomas, Ian - The Runner

FEATURED

Mingles - I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight

FEATURED

Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq

Loverboy - Get Lucky

FEATURED

Little, Russ - Deeper and Deeper

FEATURED

St. Germain, Ray - ST

FEATURED

Hometown Band - Flying

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

A Passing Fancy - I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy

FEATURED

49th Parallel - She Says b/w Citizen Freak

FEATURED

Trooper - Two For The Show

FEATURED

Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

FEATURED

Prism - ST

FEATURED

Expedition to Earth - Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time

FEATURED

Leloup, Jean - L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié

FEATURED

Jones, Mike Group - Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling

FEATURED

Dunn, Willie - I Pity The Country b/w The Carver

Tracks

Comments