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
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
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
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
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
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
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:15
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Trooper	The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car	Two For The Show	03:00
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
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
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
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
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Chilliwack	Ridin'	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:02
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02

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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