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
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Elan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
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
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
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
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
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
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
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
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
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Elan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30

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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