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
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Ian Tyson & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

FEATURED

Charlie Russell - The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

Rush - Moving Pictures

FEATURED

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Rush - Hemispheres

FEATURED

Rush - A Farewell to Kings

FEATURED

Rush - Fly By Night

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

FEATURED

Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand

FEATURED

Bob Williams - I'm Alright

FEATURED

Guido Basso - Put Your Hand in the Hand

FEATURED

April Wine - Harder.....Faster

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - Long Day Journey b/w Parable

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Diodes - Released

FEATURED

Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

FEATURED

Don Norman & the Other Four - Low Man b/w Mustang Sally

FEATURED

Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Private School - Lost in Action (EP)

FEATURED

Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy?

Comments