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
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
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
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
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
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
The Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
The Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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