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
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
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
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
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
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
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
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
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
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
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
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
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
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
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
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38

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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