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
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
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
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
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
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Boys Brigade - ST

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The Gruesomes - Hey!

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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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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