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	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
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
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
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
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
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
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
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
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27

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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