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
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
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
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Private School - Lost in Action (EP)

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Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy?

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