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
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
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
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
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
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

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