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
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
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
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
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
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
The Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
The Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
The Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
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
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow

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