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
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
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
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
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
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01

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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