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
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
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
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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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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