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
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	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
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
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
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
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
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
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
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
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

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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