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
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
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
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
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
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Ocean	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28

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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