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
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
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
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
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
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
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
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
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
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights - That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

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