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
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
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
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
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
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
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
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Don Jewitt - Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses

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