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
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
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

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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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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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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