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
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
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
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
The Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Rush - Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

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Rush - Hemispheres

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