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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
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
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
The Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
The Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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