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
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
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Saxton, Mary	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Maciag, Robert	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Tallmud, Les	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Telfer, Jay	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
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
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Reaction, The	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
LaBarge, Bernie	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
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
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Thomas, Ian	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
LaBarge, Bernie	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Doucette, Jerry	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
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	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01

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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