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
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
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
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
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
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
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
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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The Gruesomes - Hey!

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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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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