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
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Eddie Spencer	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
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
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
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04

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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The Reaction - East End Rockers

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Trooper - Knock 'em Dead Kid

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Bob Williams - 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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Bruce Cockburn - If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet

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Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

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Ian Thomas - 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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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Ray St. Germain - 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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Jean Leloup - L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié

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Mike Jones Group - Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling

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Willie Dunn - I Pity The Country b/w The Carver

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