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
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
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
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
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
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
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
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
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
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
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
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
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
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
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
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
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
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy?

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