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
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
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
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
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
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
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

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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