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
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
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
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Jewitt, Don	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
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
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
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
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	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
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24

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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