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
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
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
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
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
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24

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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