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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
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
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
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
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16

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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