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	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
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
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
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
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
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39

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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