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
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
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
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
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
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
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
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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