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
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
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
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
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
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
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
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47

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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