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
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
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
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
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
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
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
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
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
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
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
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
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
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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