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
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
The Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
The Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
The Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
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
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
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
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
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
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
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
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Mary Saxton - Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart

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Mary Saxton - Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die

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The Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

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The Collectors - Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)

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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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