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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
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
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
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
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01

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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