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
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
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
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Doug And The Slugs - Too Bad b/w The Move

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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

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