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
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
The Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
k.d. lang	Rose Garden	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	03:19
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Joni Mitchell	You Turn Me On I'm a Radio	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	02:39
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Mantra	San Francisco Morning	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	03:16
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
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	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
The Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42

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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