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
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
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
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
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
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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