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
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
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
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
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
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
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
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
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
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32

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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