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
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
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
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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