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
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
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
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
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
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
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
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
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
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

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The Munks - Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head

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The Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

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Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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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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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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