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
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Elan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:55
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
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
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Mitchell, Joni	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Spencer, Eddie	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
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
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	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58

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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