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
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
The Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
The Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
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
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
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
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
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
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
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
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
The Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Nomeansno - Oh Canaduh b/w New Age

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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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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