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
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19

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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