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
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
The Immortals	Warlord (Part II)	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	08:09
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
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
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
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
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Chilliwack	Lonesome Mary	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:04
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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The Immortals - The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)

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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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