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
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
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	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
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
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12

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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