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
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Elan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
MacIsaac, Ashley	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
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
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Elan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
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
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
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
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
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
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
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
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17

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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