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
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
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
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
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
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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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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