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
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
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
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Private School - Lost in Action (EP)

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