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	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
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
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:55
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Ocean	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
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
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
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
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Elan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
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
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12

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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