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
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
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
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
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
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Spencer, Eddie	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
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
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
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
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
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
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22

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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