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
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
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
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
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
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
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
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
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
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
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
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37

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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