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	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
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
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
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
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
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
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Etidlouie, Etulu	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
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
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	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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