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
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
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
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
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
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
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
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy?

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