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
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
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
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
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
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
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
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Ryan, Clint	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Leloup, Jean	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Obomsawin, Alanis	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Olliver, George	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
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
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
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
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Perpall, Pierre	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
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
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Jannetta, Patti	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Murray, Anne	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Telfer, Jay	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49

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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