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
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
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
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
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
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
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
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49

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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