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
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
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
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
The Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
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
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
The Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
The Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
The Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
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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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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