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
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
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
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
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
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
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
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	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	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Reign Ghost - Long Day Journey b/w Parable

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