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
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
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
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
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
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
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
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
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
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
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
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24

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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