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
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
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
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
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
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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