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
Jewitt, Don	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
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
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
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
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
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
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
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
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
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
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Elan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
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
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
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
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47

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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