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
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
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
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
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
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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