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
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
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
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
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
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
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
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
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
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
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
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
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
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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