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 Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
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
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
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
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
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
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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