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
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
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Stompin' Connors Tom	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Doug And The Slugs - Too Bad b/w The Move

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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

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Bum - A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day

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Diodes - Released

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Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

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Don Norman & the Other Four - Low Man b/w Mustang Sally

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Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

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Private School - Lost in Action (EP)

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