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
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
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
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
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
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
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
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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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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Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand

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Bob Williams - I'm Alright

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Guido Basso - Put Your Hand in the Hand

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April Wine - Harder.....Faster

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