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
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
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
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
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
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
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
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
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
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
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
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

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