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
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
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
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
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
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
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
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
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
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
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
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	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08

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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