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
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
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
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Cockburn, Bruce	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
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
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
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
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
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
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
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
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34

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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