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
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
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
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01

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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