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
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
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
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
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
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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