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
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
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
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
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
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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