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
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
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Murray, Anne-Marie	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Leyrac, Monique	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
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

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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