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
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
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
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46

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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