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
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
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
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
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
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
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
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Spencer, Eddie	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47

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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