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
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
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
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
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
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
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
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
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
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Don Norman & the Other Four - Low Man b/w Mustang Sally

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