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
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
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
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
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
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
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
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Garnett, Gale	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
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
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	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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