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
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
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
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
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
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
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
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
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
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
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
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
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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