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
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
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
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
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
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Don Jewitt - Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses

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