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
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
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
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
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
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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