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
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
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
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
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
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
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
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
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
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
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
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
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
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Don Jewitt - Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses

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