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
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
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
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
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
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
The Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
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
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
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
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
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
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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