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
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Chilliwack	Ridin'	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:02
The Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
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
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
The Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
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
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Mary Saxton - Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart

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Mary Saxton - Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die

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The Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

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The Collectors - Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)

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Kilt - Kilt

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Chilliwack - Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'

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Craig Ruhnke - Give Me The Nightime b/w Give Me The Nightime (promo)

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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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