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 Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
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
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
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
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
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
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
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
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42

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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