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
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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

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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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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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