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
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
The Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
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
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
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
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
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
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
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

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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