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
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
The Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
The Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

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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)

Rush - Moving Pictures

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Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

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Rush - Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

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Rush - Hemispheres

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Rush - A Farewell to Kings

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Rush - Fly By Night

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Sidewinders (1) - Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery

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Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

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