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
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
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
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
The Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
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
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
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
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18

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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