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
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
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
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
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
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
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
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46

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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