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
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
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
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
The Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:15
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
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
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	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
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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222's - La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)

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Robert Maciag - I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good

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Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

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The Munks - Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head

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The Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

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Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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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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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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