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
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
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
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
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
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

FEATURED

Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

The Hometown Band - Flying

FEATURED

Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

FEATURED

Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow

FEATURED

Kings - Switchin'

FEATURED

Charlie Russell - The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II

FEATURED

Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

FEATURED

Fyre - David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

FEATURED

Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights - That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Rush - Moving Pictures

FEATURED

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

FEATURED

Rush - Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

FEATURED

Rush - Hemispheres

FEATURED

Rush - A Farewell to Kings

FEATURED

Rush - Fly By Night

FEATURED

Sidewinders (1) - Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery

FEATURED

Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

FEATURED

Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

FEATURED

Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand

FEATURED

Bob Williams - I'm Alright

FEATURED

Guido Basso - Put Your Hand in the Hand

FEATURED

April Wine - Harder.....Faster

FEATURED

Don Jewitt - Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses

FEATURED

Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - Long Day Journey b/w Parable

FEATURED

Doug And The Slugs - Too Bad b/w The Move

FEATURED

Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

Comments