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
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
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
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
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
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
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

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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