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
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
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
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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