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
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
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
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
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
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44

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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