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
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
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
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Mitchell, Joni	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
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
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
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44

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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