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
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
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
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
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
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
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
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
The Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
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
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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

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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