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
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
The Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
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
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Robert Maciag - I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good

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Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

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The Munks - Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head

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The Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

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Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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The Gruesomes - Hey!

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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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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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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