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
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
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
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
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
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
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
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
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
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
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
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
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
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
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
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
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
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46

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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