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
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
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
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
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
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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

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