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
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
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
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Etulu Etidlouie	Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:19
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
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
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
The Bed Time Story	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott)	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	03:00
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Demics	New York City	New York City b/w Blue Boy	04:32
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
M.G. & the Escorts	Remembering	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:33
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka

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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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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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

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Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand

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Bob Williams - I'm Alright

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Guido Basso - Put Your Hand in the Hand

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April Wine - Harder.....Faster

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