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
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
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
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
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
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Spencer, Eddie	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
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
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43

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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