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
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
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
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
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
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
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
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
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
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
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
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
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
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56

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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