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
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:15
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
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
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Robert Maciag - I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good

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Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

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The Munks - Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head

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The Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

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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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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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