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
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
The Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
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
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
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
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
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
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
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
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16

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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