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
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
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
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
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

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Reign Ghost - Long Day Journey b/w Parable

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