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
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
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
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
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
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41

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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