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
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

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Don Norman & the Other Four - Low Man b/w Mustang Sally

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Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

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Private School - Lost in Action (EP)

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Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy?

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