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
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
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
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
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
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
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
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
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
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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