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
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
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
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
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
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
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
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Boys Brigade - ST

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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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