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
The Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
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
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
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
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
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
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
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? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35

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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