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
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
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
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
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
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
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
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
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
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

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The Bed Time Story - Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

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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