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
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
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
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
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
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

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The Bed Time Story - Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

Lady - You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

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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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