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
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
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
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
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
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17

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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