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
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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