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
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
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
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
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
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Don Jewitt - Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses

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