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
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
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Ian Tyson & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20

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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