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
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:43
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
The Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
The Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
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
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
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
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
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
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23

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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