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
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
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
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
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
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
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
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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The Munks - Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head

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The Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

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Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

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

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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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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