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
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
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
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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Bum - A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day

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Diodes - Released

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