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
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
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
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Ian Tyson & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
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
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy?

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