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
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
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
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
The Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
The Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
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
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
The Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
The Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
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

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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