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
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
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
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
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
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Phollop Willing P.A.	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Phollop Willing P.A.	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24

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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