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
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
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
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
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
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
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
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39

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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