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
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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

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

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