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
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
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
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
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
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
The Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
The Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
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
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52

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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