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
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
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
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
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
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
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
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
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
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07

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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