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
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
The Reaction	Trials In Error	East End Rockers	04:03
Private School	Money Guns and Power	Lost in Action (EP)	03:12
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
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
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Kilt	The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe	Kilt	02:44
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Witness Inc.	Visions of Vanessa	Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)	03:39
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
The Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
The Immortals	Warlord (Part II)	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	08:09
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Etulu Etidlouie	Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	01:42
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Chilliwack	Lonesome Mary	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:04
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
The Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
The Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Susan Jacks (Susan Pesklevits)	Anna Marie	Anna Marie b/w Into the Night	03:54
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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Ron Nigrini - I'm Easy b/w For Someone on the Road

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Susan Jacks (Susan Pesklevits) - Anna Marie b/w Into the Night

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The Immortals - The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)

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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

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