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
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
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
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
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
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
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
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
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
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
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
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18

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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