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
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
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
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
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
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
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
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
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
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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The Gruesomes - Hey!

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

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The Bed Time Story - Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

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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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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