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
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
The Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Don Jewitt	Northern Wind	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	03:06
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
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
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Crystal Castles	Air War	Alice Practice	02:24
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
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
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Trans-X	Living On Video	Living On Video	05:56
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
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
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Witness Inc.	Another Side Of Her	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:42
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Tim Hus - Huskies & Huskvarnas

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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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Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights - That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)

Rush - Moving Pictures

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Genetic Control - First Impressions (EP)

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Rush - Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)

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Rush - Hemispheres

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Rush - A Farewell to Kings

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Rush - Fly By Night

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Sidewinders (1) - Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery

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Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

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