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
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
The Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
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
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
The Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

FEATURED

The Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

FEATURED

Len - You Can't Stop the Bum Rush

FEATURED

Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

FEATURED

The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

FEATURED

Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

FEATURED

Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - ST

FEATURED

The Gruesomes - Hey!

FEATURED

Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

FEATURED

Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

The Hometown Band - Flying

FEATURED

Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

FEATURED

Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow

FEATURED

Kings - Switchin'

FEATURED

Charlie Russell - The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II

FEATURED

Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

FEATURED

Fyre - David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

FEATURED

Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights - That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Rush - Moving Pictures

FEATURED

Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

FEATURED

Rush - Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

FEATURED

Rush - Hemispheres

FEATURED

Rush - A Farewell to Kings

FEATURED

Rush - Fly By Night

FEATURED

Sidewinders (1) - Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery

FEATURED

Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

Comments