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
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
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
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Chilliwack	Lonesome Mary	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:04
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
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
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
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
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
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
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
The Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Mary Saxton - Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart

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Mary Saxton - Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die

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The Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

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The Collectors - Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)

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Kilt - Kilt

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Chilliwack - Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'

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Craig Ruhnke - Give Me The Nightime b/w Give Me The Nightime (promo)

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Nomeansno - Oh Canaduh b/w New Age

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Plan Nine - I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)

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222's - La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)

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Robert Maciag - I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good

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Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

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The Munks - Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head

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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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Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow

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