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
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
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
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Elan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Mitchell, Joni	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
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
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
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
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
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
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
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
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	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
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
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Phollop Willing P.A.	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53

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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