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
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
The Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
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
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
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
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Susan Jacks (Susan Pesklevits)	Into the Night	Anna Marie b/w Into the Night	04:58
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
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
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Ron Nigrini - I'm Easy b/w For Someone on the Road

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Susan Jacks (Susan Pesklevits) - Anna Marie b/w Into the Night

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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

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