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
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
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
The Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
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
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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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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