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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
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
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Thomas, Ian	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Ocean	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Connors, Stompin' Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Jones, Mike Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
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
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
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
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Farraway, Craig	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
MacIsaac, Ashley	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:55
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Thomas, Ian	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Elan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Hus, Tim	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
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
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Leyrac, Monique	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06

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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