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
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
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
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
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
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
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
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
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
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
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
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

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Maurice & the Cliches - 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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