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
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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The Gruesomes - Hey!

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

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The Bed Time Story - Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

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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