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
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43

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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