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
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
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
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
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
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
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
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
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
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Reign Ghost - Long Day Journey b/w Parable

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