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
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
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
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
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
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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

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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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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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