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
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Etidlouie, Etulu	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Etidlouie, Etulu	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Basso, Guido	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Murray, Anne	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Thomas, Ian	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
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
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Murray, Anne-Marie	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Leyrac, Monique	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Hemsworth, Wade	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Elan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Thomas, Ian	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Dobson, Bonnie	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Etidlouie, Etulu	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Williams, Bob	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Leyrac, Monique	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Cockburn, Bruce	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Scammel, Arthur R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
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
Mitchell, Joni	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
LaBarge, Bernie	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
lang, k.d.	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
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
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Obomsawin, Alanis	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Gayle, Otis	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Cockburn, Bruce	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Mitchell, Joni	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder Faster	04:22
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Doucette, Jerry	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Cohen, Leonard	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Thrasher, Willie	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Hansen, Sue	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00

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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