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
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
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
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
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
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
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:20
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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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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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

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Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand

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Bob Williams - I'm Alright

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Guido Basso - Put Your Hand in the Hand

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April Wine - Harder.....Faster

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