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
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
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
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
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

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

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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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