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
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
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
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

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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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April Wine - Harder.....Faster

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