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)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07

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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