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
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
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
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
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
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
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
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
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
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33

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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