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
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
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
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
The Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Chilliwack	Lonesome Mary	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:04
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
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
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
The 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
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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