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
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
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
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:15
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
The Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:32
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
The Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
The Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Ron Nigrini	For Someone on the Road	I'm Easy b/w For Someone on the Road	03:23
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26

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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