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
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
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
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
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
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	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
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Jewitt, Don	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
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
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12

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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