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
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
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
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
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
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	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
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
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
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
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
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24

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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