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
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
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
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
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
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
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
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15

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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