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
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
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
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
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
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
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
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
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
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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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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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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