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
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
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
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
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
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17

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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