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
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
The Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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