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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
The Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
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
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
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
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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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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