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
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
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
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
The Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
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
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
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
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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