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
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
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
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
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
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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