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
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
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
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
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
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
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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