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
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
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
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
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
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
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
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
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
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
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
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
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
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
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
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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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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