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
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
The Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
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
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
The Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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