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
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
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
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
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
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
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
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
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
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41

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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