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
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
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
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
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
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34

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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