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
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Ocean	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
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
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Elan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
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
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Cockburn, Bruce	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
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
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35

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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