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
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
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
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
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
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
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
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
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

FEATURED

Kings - Switchin'

FEATURED

Charlie Russell - The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II

FEATURED

Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

FEATURED

Fyre - David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

FEATURED

Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights - That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Rush - Moving Pictures

FEATURED

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

FEATURED

Rush - Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

FEATURED

Rush - Hemispheres

FEATURED

Rush - A Farewell to Kings

FEATURED

Rush - Fly By Night

FEATURED

Sidewinders (1) - Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery

FEATURED

Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

FEATURED

Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

FEATURED

Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand

FEATURED

Bob Williams - I'm Alright

FEATURED

Guido Basso - Put Your Hand in the Hand

FEATURED

April Wine - Harder.....Faster

FEATURED

Don Jewitt - Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses

FEATURED

Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - Long Day Journey b/w Parable

FEATURED

Doug And The Slugs - Too Bad b/w The Move

FEATURED

Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Bum - A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day

FEATURED

Diodes - Released

FEATURED

Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

FEATURED

Don Norman & the Other Four - Low Man b/w Mustang Sally

FEATURED

Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Private School - Lost in Action (EP)

Comments