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
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
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
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
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

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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