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
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
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
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
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
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
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Private School - Lost in Action (EP)

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