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
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
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
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
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
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
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	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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

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