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
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
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
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
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
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
The Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
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
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
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
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Kilt - Kilt

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Chilliwack - Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'

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Craig Ruhnke - Give Me The Nightime b/w Give Me The Nightime (promo)

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Nomeansno - Oh Canaduh b/w New Age

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Plan Nine - I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)

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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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