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
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
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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The Hometown Band - Flying

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Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

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Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow

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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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