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
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
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	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
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
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33

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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