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
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
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
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
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
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
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
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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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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