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
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
The 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
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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