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
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Stompin' Connors Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
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
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
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
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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