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
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
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
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
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
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
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
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
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
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03

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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