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
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
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
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
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
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
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
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
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
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Stompin' Connors Tom	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Bum - A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day

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Diodes - Released

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Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

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Don Norman & the Other Four - Low Man b/w Mustang Sally

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Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

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Private School - Lost in Action (EP)

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