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
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
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
Cockburn, Bruce	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Baumber, Ron	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
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
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:55
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Dunn, Willie	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
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
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
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
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
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
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Elan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
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
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
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
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52

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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