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
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
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
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
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
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
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
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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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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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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