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 Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
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
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
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
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
The Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
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
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
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
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
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
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44

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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