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
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38

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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