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
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
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
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
The 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
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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The Gruesomes - Hey!

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

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The Bed Time Story - Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

Lady - You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

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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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