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
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
The Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
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
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
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
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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