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
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
The Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
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
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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