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
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
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 Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

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The Bed Time Story - Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

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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