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
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Mike Woods	Alberta	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	03:49
Ronnie Hawkins	Who Do You Love	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:41
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
The Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
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
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Dishrags	Past Is Past	Past Is Past (EP)	02:24
Partland Brothers	Soul City	Electric Honey	03:52
The Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Painted Ship	And She Said Yes	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:35
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
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
Kilt	Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow	Kilt	03:34
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
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
Mike Jones Group	Funny Feeling	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:02
Debbie Myers	Strong Enough to Bend	Strong Enough to Bend	02:44
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:15
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Tiaras	Surprise!	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:25
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Don Norman & the Other Four	Mustang Sally	Low Man b/w Mustang Sally	03:22
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Joni Mitchell	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio	You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)	02:40
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30

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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