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
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
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
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
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
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
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)

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Payola$ - No Stranger to Danger

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49th Parallel - She Says b/w Citizen Freak

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49th Parallel - She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)

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

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Underworld - Bound b/w Go Away

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Al Oster - Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock

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Mighty Pope - Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength

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Willie Dunn - I Pity The Country b/w The Carver

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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