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
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
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
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
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
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04

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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