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
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
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
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
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
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
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
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
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
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04

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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