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
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
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
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
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
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

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Reign Ghost - Long Day Journey b/w Parable

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

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

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

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Diodes - Released

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