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
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
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
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
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
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04

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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