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
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
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
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
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
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
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
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52

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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