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
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
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
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
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
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
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
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46

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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