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
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Mitchell, Joni	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Phollop Willing P.A.	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Elan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Ocean	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
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
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
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
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder Faster	02:59
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
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
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11

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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