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
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Elan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
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
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
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
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
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
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16

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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