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
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
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
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Spencer, Eddie	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
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
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
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

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

FEATURED

Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Gentle Touch - Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Demics - New York City b/w Blue Boy

FEATURED

Reaction, The - East End Rockers

FEATURED

Trooper - Knock 'em Dead Kid

FEATURED

Williams, Bob - I'm Alright

FEATURED

Mantra - Stay b/w San Francisco Morning

FEATURED

Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

FEATURED

Mighty Pope - Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength

FEATURED

Cockburn, Bruce - If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet

FEATURED

Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

FEATURED

Thomas, Ian - The Runner

FEATURED

Mingles - I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight

FEATURED

Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq

Loverboy - Get Lucky

FEATURED

Little, Russ - Deeper and Deeper

FEATURED

St. Germain, Ray - ST

FEATURED

Hometown Band - Flying

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

A Passing Fancy - I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy

FEATURED

49th Parallel - She Says b/w Citizen Freak

FEATURED

Trooper - Two For The Show

FEATURED

Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

FEATURED

Prism - ST

FEATURED

Expedition to Earth - Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time

FEATURED

Leloup, Jean - L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié

FEATURED

Jones, Mike Group - Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling

FEATURED

Dunn, Willie - I Pity The Country b/w The Carver

Tracks

Comments