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
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Susan Jacks (Susan Pesklevits)	Anna Marie	Anna Marie b/w Into the Night	03:54
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Chilliwack	Ridin'	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:02
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
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
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Ron Nigrini - I'm Easy b/w For Someone on the Road

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Susan Jacks (Susan Pesklevits) - Anna Marie b/w Into the Night

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The Immortals - The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)

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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

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