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
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
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
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06

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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