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
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	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
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
The 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
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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