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
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Jewitt, Don	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Murray, Anne-Marie	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
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
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Daigle, Ted	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Thomas, Ian	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31

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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