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
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
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
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
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
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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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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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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