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
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
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
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
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
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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