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
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
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
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
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
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
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
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
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
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18

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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