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
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:55
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Murray, Anne-Marie	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
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
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	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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