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
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
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
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
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
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Don Norman & the Other Four - Low Man b/w Mustang Sally

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