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
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
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
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
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
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
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
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
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
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
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
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
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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