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
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
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
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
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
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
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
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy?

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