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
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Mitchell, Joni	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Elan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Thrasher, Willie	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
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
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
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
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Elan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Cockburn, Bruce	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Myers, Debbie	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
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
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23

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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