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
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Ocean	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
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
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
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
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
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14

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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