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
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Kilt	Dylan's Ghost	Kilt	02:23
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Jury	Who Dat?	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:15
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Alanis Obomsawin	Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War)	Indian Songs	02:02
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Viletones	Screaming Fist	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:04
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
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
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
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
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45

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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