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.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
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
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
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
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

Lady - You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

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The Hometown Band - Flying

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Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

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Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow

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Kings - Switchin'

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Charlie Russell - The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II

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Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

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Fyre - David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

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Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights - That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Rush - Moving Pictures

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Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

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Rush - Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

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Rush - Hemispheres

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Rush - A Farewell to Kings

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Rush - Fly By Night

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Sidewinders (1) - Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

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Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand

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Bob Williams - I'm Alright

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Guido Basso - Put Your Hand in the Hand

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April Wine - Harder.....Faster

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Don Jewitt - Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses

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Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

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Reign Ghost - Long Day Journey b/w Parable

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Doug And The Slugs - Too Bad b/w The Move

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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

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Bum - A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day

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Diodes - Released

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