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
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
The 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
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
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
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
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
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32

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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