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
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
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
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
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
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
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
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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

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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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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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

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Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand

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Bob Williams - I'm Alright

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Guido Basso - Put Your Hand in the Hand

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April Wine - Harder.....Faster

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