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
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
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
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
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
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
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
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
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
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
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
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
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

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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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