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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
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
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
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
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
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

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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Don Jewitt - Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses

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Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

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Reign Ghost - Long Day Journey b/w Parable

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Doug And The Slugs - Too Bad b/w The Move

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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

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Bum - A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day

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Diodes - Released

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