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
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
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
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08

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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