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
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
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
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
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	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
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
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03

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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