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	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
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
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
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
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
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
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
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
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59

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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