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
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
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
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
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
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
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
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
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
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	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
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
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
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
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
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18

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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