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
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
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
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
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
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
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
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

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Don Norman & the Other Four - Low Man b/w Mustang Sally

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Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

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