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
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
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
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
The Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
The Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
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
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
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
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

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Rush - Fly By Night

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