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
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37

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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