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
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
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
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
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
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
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
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
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
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
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
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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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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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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