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
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
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
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
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
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
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
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Mitchell, Joni	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
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
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01

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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