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
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
The Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
The Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
The Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Anne-Marie Murray	The Streets of Old St. John's	The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style	02:25
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
The Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
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
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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

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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