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
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
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
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
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
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04

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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