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
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
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
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
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
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42

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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