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
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
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
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
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
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
The Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
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
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

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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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