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
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
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
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
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
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
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
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51

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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