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
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
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
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy?

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