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	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
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
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
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
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
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
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Jannetta, Patti	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Olliver, George	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Jackson, Shawne	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Joli, France	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
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
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08

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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