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
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
The Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
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
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
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	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Chilliwack	Lonesome Mary	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:04
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
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
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
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
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
The Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11

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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