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
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
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
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
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
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
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
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy?

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