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
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
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
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
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
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
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
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)

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Payola$ - No Stranger to Danger

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49th Parallel - She Says b/w Citizen Freak

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49th Parallel - She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)

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Bed Time Story - Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun

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Underworld - Bound b/w Go Away

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Al Oster - Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock

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Mighty Pope - Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength

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Willie Dunn - I Pity The Country b/w The Carver

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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