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
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
The 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
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
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
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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

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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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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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