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
The Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
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
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42

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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