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
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
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
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
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
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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The Gruesomes - Hey!

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

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

Lady - You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love

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The Hometown Band - Flying

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Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

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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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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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