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
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Phollop Willing P.A.	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
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
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Spencer, Eddie	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
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
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
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
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34

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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