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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30

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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