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
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
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
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
The Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44

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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