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
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
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
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
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
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
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
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
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
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31

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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