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
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
The Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
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	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
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
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
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
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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