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
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
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
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
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
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
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
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
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
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
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
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
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
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

Lady - You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

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The Hometown Band - Flying

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Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

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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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