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
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
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
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Jewitt, Don	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
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
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Kozak, Joe	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
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
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22

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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