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
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Chilliwack	Ridin'	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:02
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
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
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:15
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
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
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
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
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
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
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
The Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
The Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
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
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
The Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Ron Nigrini - I'm Easy b/w For Someone on the Road

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Susan Jacks (Susan Pesklevits) - Anna Marie b/w Into the Night

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The Immortals - The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)

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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

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