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
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
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
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
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
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
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
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
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
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
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
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50

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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