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
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
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
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
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
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
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
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02

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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