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
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
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
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
The Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
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
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

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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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Rush - Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

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Rush - Hemispheres

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Rush - A Farewell to Kings

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Rush - Fly By Night

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Sidewinders (1) - Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery

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Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

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