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
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
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
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
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
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
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
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50

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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