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
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
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
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
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
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
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
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

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