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
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
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
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
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
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
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
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
The 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
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
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
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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