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
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
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
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
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
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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The Gruesomes - Hey!

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

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The Bed Time Story - Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

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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