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
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
The Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
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
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
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
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
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
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
The Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
The Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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

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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