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
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
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Joni Mitchell	Help Me	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	03:22
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	Sweet Sweet Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:59
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
The Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
The Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:32
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
The Immortals	Warlord (Part II)	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	08:09
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
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
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Copperpenny	Get Away	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:17
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
The Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Bum	Wedding Day	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:44
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
The Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
The Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Bernie LaBarge	Can't Hold On Forever	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:24
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Bullrush	You've Sent Me Away	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	04:30
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Les Tallmud	Un Autre Ami	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:41
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
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
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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

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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