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
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15

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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