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
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
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
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
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 Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
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
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
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
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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