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
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
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
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Spencer, Eddie	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
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
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Cohen, Leonard	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
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
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43

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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