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
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
The Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
The Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:15
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
The Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
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
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
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
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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

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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