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
The Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
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
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
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
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
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
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
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
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
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
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
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
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03

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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