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
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
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
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
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
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
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
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
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
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
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
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
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
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
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12

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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