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
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
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
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
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
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love	03:04
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
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
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
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
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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