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
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
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
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
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
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
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
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
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
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
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
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:12

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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