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
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
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
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30

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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