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
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
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
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
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
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
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
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
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
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
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
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34

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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