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
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
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
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
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
The 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
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
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
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
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
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Boys Brigade - ST

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The Gruesomes - Hey!

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

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The Bed Time Story - Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

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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