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
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Northern Pikes	Teenland	Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)	04:01
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
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
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:32
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Dishrags	Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye)	Past Is Past (EP)	01:19
Kilt	I Was Made for Loving You	Kilt	03:19
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
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
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
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
Chokolit Affair	Don't Touch My Funk	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	02:42
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:46
Don Norman & the Other Four	Low Man	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	02:15
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Haunted	Eight O'Clock This Morning	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:20
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Private School	I Wanna Know	Lost in Action (EP)	02:30
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Genetic Control	Brave New World	First Impressions (EP)	01:26
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03

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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