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
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
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
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
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
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
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
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
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
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

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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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Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy?

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