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
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
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
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
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
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
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
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
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
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
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
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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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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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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