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
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
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
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
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
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
The Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
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
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
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
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
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
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
The Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
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
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
The Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Ron Nigrini	For Someone on the Road	I'm Easy b/w For Someone on the Road	03:23
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23

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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