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
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35

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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