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
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	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
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
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
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

Lady - You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

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The Hometown Band - Flying

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Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

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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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