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
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
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
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
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
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
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
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02

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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