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
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
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
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
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
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
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
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
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
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
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51

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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