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	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
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
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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

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