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
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
The 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
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
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
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	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
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
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
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
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
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Boys Brigade - ST

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

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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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