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
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
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
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Phollop Willing P.A.	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
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
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
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Elan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
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
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
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
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49

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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