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
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
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
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
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
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
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
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Murray, Anne-Marie	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
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
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Elan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
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
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06

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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