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
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
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
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
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
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
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
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
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
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
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
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07

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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