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
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
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
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
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
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
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
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
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

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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