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
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
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
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
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
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
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
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15

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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