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
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
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
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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