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
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
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
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
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
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Ian Tyson & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy?

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