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
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Shawne Jackson	Just as Bad as You	Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man	02:33
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
The Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
The Munks	Heartaches Over My Head	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:26
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Northern Haze	Qaina	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq	03:23
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Triton Warrior	Satan's Train	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:08
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
The Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
The Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Copperpenny	Thinking of You	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:54
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
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
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48

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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