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
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
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
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
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
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
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
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
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

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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The Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

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Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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The Gruesomes - Hey!

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

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The Bed Time Story - Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

Lady - You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

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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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Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

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