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
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
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
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
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
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	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
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
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
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
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
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04

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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