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
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
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
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
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
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
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
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
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
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12

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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