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
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
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
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
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
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
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
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
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
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27

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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