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
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
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
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
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
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
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
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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