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
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	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
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
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
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
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
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
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
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
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
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26

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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