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
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
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
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
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
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
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
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
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
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59

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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