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
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
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
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

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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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