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
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
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
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
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
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

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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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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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