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
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
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
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
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
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
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
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
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
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
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
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
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
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19

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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