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	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
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
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
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
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
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
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
The Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
The Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
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
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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