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
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
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
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
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
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
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
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
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
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32

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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