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
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
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
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
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
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19

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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