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
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
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
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
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
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
222's	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll)	La poupee qui fait non (She's a Doll) b/w La poupee qui fait non (version instrumentale)	02:42
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Freedom North	Fat Man	Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)	03:53
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
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
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Chilliwack	Lonesome Mary	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:04
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Fyre - David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

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