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
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
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
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
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
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
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
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
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
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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