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
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Mitchell, Joni	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
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
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
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
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
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
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
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
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
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
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
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
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
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
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
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
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57

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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