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
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
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
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
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
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
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
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
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
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03

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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