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
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
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
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Etidlouie, Etulu	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Ocean	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Phollop Willing P.A.	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
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
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34

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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