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
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
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
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
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
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
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
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
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
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
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
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
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
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18

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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