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
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
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
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
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
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
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
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
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
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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Bum - A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day

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Diodes - Released

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