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
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
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
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
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
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
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
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11

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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