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
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
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
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
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
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
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
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59

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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