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
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
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
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
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
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
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
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
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
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
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
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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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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