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
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
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
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
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
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
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
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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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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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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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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April Wine - Harder.....Faster

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