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	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
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
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
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
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
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
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
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
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01

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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