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
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
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
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
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
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
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
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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