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
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
The Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
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
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
The Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
The Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
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
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
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
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43

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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