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
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
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
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
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
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
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
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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The Gruesomes - Hey!

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

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The Bed Time Story - Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

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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