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
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
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
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
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
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
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
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35

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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