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
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
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
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
The Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
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
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
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
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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