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
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
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
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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Diodes - Released

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