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
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Thrasher, Willie	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
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
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Thrasher, Willie	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Obomsawin, Alanis	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Reaction, The	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
St. Germain, Ray	Metis	ST	03:39
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Obomsawin, Alanis	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Ashby, Jim	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Hodgins, Marie	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Tallmud, Les	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Little, Russ	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Woods, Mike	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Thomas, Ian	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
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
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Gerber, Alan	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
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
Phollop Willing P.A.	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
lang, k.d.	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Norman, Don & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Reaction, The	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
McManus, Terry	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Cornell, Jack	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47

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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