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
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Chilliwack	Lonesome Mary	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:04
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
The Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
The Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:15
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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

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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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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