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
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
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
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
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
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31

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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