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
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
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
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
The 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
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
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
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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