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
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
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
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Reign Ghost - Long Day Journey b/w Parable

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