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
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
The Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Chilliwack	Ridin'	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:02
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
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
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
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
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
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
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
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
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
The Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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

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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