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
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
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
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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