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
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
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
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
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
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
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
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
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
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Spencer, Eddie	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
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
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49

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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