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
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
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
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
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
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
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
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00

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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