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
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
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
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
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
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29

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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