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
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
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
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32

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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