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
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
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
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
The Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
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
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
The Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
The Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
The Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Mary Saxton - Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart

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Mary Saxton - Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die

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The Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

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The Collectors - Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)

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Kilt - Kilt

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Chilliwack - Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'

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Craig Ruhnke - Give Me The Nightime b/w Give Me The Nightime (promo)

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Nomeansno - Oh Canaduh b/w New Age

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Plan Nine - I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)

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222's - La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)

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Robert Maciag - I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good

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Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

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The Munks - Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head

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The Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

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Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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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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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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Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow

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