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
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

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Reign Ghost - Long Day Journey b/w Parable

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