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
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
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
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
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
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
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
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

FEATURED

The Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

FEATURED

Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

FEATURED

Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

FEATURED

The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

FEATURED

Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

FEATURED

Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - ST

FEATURED

The Gruesomes - Hey!

FEATURED

Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

FEATURED

Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

The Hometown Band - Flying

FEATURED

Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

FEATURED

Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow

FEATURED

Kings - Switchin'

FEATURED

Charlie Russell - The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II

FEATURED

Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

FEATURED

Fyre - David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

FEATURED

Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights - That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Rush - Moving Pictures

FEATURED

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

FEATURED

Rush - Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

FEATURED

Rush - Hemispheres

FEATURED

Rush - A Farewell to Kings

FEATURED

Rush - Fly By Night

FEATURED

Sidewinders (1) - Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery

FEATURED

Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

Comments