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
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
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
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32

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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