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
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
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
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
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
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
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
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
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
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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