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
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
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	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
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
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
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
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

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