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
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
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
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
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
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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The Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

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Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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The Gruesomes - Hey!

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

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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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Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

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