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
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
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
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
The Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
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
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
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
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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