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
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
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
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
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
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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Boys Brigade - ST

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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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