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
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
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
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
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
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
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
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
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
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
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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