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
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
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
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
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
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
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
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
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
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
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	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29

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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