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
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
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
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
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
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
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
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31

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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