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
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
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
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
The Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
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
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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