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
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
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
Les Tallmud	Avoir Raison	Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami	02:15
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Mendelson Joe	Oh Travene	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	03:41
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Chilliwack	Lonesome Mary	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:04
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
The Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Marie Hodgins	Yesterday’s Dreams	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	02:38
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Sidewinders (1)	Put The Blame On Me	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:02
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Trooper	3 Dressed Up As A 9	Flying Colors	04:42
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Jack J	Looking Forward to You	Looking Forward to You	08:08
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Etulu Etidlouie	Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:29
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Rush	The Trees	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	04:44
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Punkin Machine	I Need You Tonight	I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight	05:38
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
France Joli	Baby Don't Stop Dancing	Come to Me // Let Go	07:50
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:15
Midnight Angels	I'm Sufferin'	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	01:58
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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