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
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
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
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
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
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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