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
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
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
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
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
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
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
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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