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
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
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
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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Doug And The Slugs - Too Bad b/w The Move

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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

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Bum - A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day

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Diodes - Released

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