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
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
The Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
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
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32

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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