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	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
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
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
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
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23

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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