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
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
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
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
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
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
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
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
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
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
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
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34

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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