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
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
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
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
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
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
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
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
The Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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