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
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
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
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
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
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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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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