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
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
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
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
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
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55

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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