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
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Diodes - Released

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Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

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