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
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
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
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
MacIsaac, Ashley	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Ocean	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
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
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
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
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
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
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	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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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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