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
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
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
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
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
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31

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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