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
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
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
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
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
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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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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