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
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39

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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