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
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
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
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Etidlouie, Etulu	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
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
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
MacIsaac, Ashley	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41

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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