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
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
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
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
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
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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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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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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