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
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
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
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
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
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
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
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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