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
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Chilliwack	Ridin'	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:02
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Chilliwack	Lonesome Mary	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:04
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
The Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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The Collectors - Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)

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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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