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
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Cockburn, Bruce	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
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
Etidlouie, Etulu	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
LaBarge, Bernie	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Reaction, The	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
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
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Ryan, Clint	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Cockburn, Bruce	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Damron, Dick	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Joli, France	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Cockburn, Bruce	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Connors, Stompin' Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
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
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Diehl, Alden	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Gayle, Otis	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
lang, k.d.	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Fringe, The	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Mitchell, Joni	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Farraway, Craig	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Saxton, Mary	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Reaction, The	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Obomsawin, Alanis	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
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
Thrasher, Willie	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Cockburn, Bruce	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Rock, Jenny	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Baumber, Ron	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Mitchell, Joni	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Hawkins, Ronnie	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Hodgins, Marie	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Moore, Yvonne	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Jones, Mike Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	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
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
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
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
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Little, Russ	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Obomsawin, Alanis	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42

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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