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
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
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
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
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
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
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
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35

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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