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
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Ray St. Germain	Metis	ST	03:39
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Copperpenny	Bad Manners	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:05
Boys Brigade	The Passion of Love	ST	03:40
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Dishrags	Tormented	Past Is Past (EP)	01:06
Dundas	Can't You Hear Me	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	06:01
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	03:14
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	When I Feel The Need For Love	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	06:33
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
United Empire Loyalists	Afraid of the Dark	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	01:59
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Craig Farraway	Wonder What She's Doing	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	03:34
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Mushroom Band	Don't Come Down	Don't Come Down b/w Nobody	02:40
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
Stompin' Tom Connors	Sudbury Saturday Night	Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail	02:25
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Suspects	Raining Over France	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	02:55
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
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
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Rush	Circumstances	The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)	03:44
Ian Thomas	Right Before Your Eyes	Calabash	03:15
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Secret V's	Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold	No Life Like It (EP)	02:33
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Crystal Castles	Dolls	Alice Practice	01:29
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Kilt	Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt	Kilt	04:28
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Plan Nine	In Sympathy With Poland	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:08
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Jerry Doucette	Nobody	The Deuce is Loose	03:29
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Robert Maciag	You Make Me Feel So Good	I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good	03:15

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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