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
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
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
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
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
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
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
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

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