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
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
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
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
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
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Don Jewitt - Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses

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