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
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
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
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)	03:35
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
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
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
The Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
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
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
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
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
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
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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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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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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

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Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand

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Bob Williams - I'm Alright

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Guido Basso - Put Your Hand in the Hand

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April Wine - Harder.....Faster

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