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
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
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
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
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
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
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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The Munks - Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head

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The Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

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Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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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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