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
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Susan Jacks (Susan Pesklevits)	Anna Marie	Anna Marie b/w Into the Night	03:54
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
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
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
The Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Alanis Obomsawin	Nookum (Reflections of an Elder)	Indian Songs	01:48
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
The Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
The Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Ron Nigrini - I'm Easy b/w For Someone on the Road

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Susan Jacks (Susan Pesklevits) - Anna Marie b/w Into the Night

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The Immortals - The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)

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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

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