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
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
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
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
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
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
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
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12

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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