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
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
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
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08

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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