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
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
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
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
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
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
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
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35

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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