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
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
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
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27

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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