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
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
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
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
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
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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

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The Gruesomes - Hey!

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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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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