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
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Etulu Etidlouie	Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:51
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Painted Ship	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld)	Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes	02:54
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Ron Baumber	Duncan and the Devil	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	02:52
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
The Ugly Ducklings	That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:43
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Power of Beckett	Lost Soul in Disillusion	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:03
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Doug And The Slugs	The Move	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:47
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
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
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
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Pluton and Humanoids	World Invaders	World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)	06:44
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Kilt	Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs	Kilt	03:33
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	Baby I Love You	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:22
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Leonard Cohen	Suzanne	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:50
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Etulu Etidlouie	Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:56
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Sidewinders (1)	Cryin' Heartache Misery	Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery	03:08
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Nite Life	What's On Your Mind	What's On Your Mind b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)	03:46
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
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
Mingles	I'm Gonna Miss You	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	03:17
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Jay Telfer	Suite One	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:06
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let Them In	Let Them In	02:33
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Twitch	Things	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	03:37
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
A Passing Fancy	A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:37
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

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