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
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50

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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