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
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
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
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
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
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
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
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
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
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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