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
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
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
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
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
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
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
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
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
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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