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
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
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
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
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
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00

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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