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
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
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
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
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
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
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
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
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
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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