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
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
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
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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

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

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

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Private School - Lost in Action (EP)

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