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
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
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
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
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
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
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

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The Munks - Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head

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The Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

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Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

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

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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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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