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
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
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
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
The Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	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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