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
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
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
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
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
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
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
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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