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
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Elan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
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
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Elan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
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
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32

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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