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
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
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
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
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
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
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
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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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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