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
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
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
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
The Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
The Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
The Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Chilliwack	Ridin'	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:02
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
The Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
The Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26

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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