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
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
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
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
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
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11

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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