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
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
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
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	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
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
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
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Boys Brigade - ST

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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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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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