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
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
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
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
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
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57

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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