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
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
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
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
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
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
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
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29

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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