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
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
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
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
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 (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Joli, France	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
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
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
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
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
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
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
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
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53

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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