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
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
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
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
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
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 Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54

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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