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
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
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
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
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
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
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
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Murray, Anne-Marie	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	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
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	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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