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
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Murray, Anne	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Murray, Anne	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
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
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Saxton, Mary	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Hansen, Sue	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
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
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Mitchell, Joni	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Doucette, Jerry	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Cornell, Jack	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Daigle, Ted	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Jewitt, Don	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Jewitt, Don	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Richardson, Ron	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Woods, Mike	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Joli, France	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Hawkins, Ronnie	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Damron, Dick	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
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
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33

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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