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
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
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
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
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
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
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
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
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
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
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
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

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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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