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
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
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
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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)

FEATURED

Bum - A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day

FEATURED

Diodes - Released

FEATURED

Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

FEATURED

Don Norman & the Other Four - Low Man b/w Mustang Sally

FEATURED

Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Private School - Lost in Action (EP)

Comments