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
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
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
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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