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	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
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	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
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
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44

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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