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
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
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
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
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
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17

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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