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
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
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
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
The Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	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
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
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
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
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
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53

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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