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
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
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
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
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
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
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
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
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
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50

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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