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 Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
The Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
The Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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