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
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
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
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	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
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy?

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