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
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
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
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
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
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
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
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
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
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
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
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
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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