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
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
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
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
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
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Mitchell, Joni	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
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
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38

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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