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
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
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
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
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
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
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
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

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Reign Ghost - Long Day Journey b/w Parable

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