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
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
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
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

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