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
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
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
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	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
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
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
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
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
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38

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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