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
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
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
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
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
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
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
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
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
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13

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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