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
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
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
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
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
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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

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