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
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
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
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
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
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
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
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
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

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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