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
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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The Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

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Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

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

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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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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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