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
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
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
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
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
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
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
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
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

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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