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
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
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
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
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
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
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
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
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
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	02:41
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
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
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Don Jewitt - Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses

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Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

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Reign Ghost - Long Day Journey b/w Parable

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Doug And The Slugs - Too Bad b/w The Move

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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

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Bum - A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day

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Diodes - Released

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Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

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Don Norman & the Other Four - Low Man b/w Mustang Sally

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Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

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Private School - Lost in Action (EP)

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