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
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
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
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18

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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