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
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
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
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
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
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Elan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50

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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