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
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
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
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
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
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
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
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29

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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