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
Lisa Lougheed	Hold Back Tomorrow	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:18
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Trooper	Oh, Pretty Lady	Knock 'em Dead Kid	04:36
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Summer)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:43
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
The Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Willie Thrasher	Eskimo Named Johnny	Spirit Child	02:41
Alanis Obomsawin	NBAW (Hush - Sleep)	Indian Songs	02:14
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Stompin' Tom Connors	Canada Day Up Canada Way	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	02:37
Kilt	The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe	Kilt	03:18
Ms. Dolly Gilmore	No Man Like My Man	No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man	06:42
Alanis Obomsawin	Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks)	Indian Songs	01:58
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	Work Song	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:14
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Rush	Tom Sawyer	Moving Pictures	04:36
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
M.G. & the Escorts	A Someday Fool	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:37
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
The Collectors	She (Will-O'-The Wind)	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	03:53
The Bureaucrats	Grown Up Age	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:35
Patti Jannetta	Rules of Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:46
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Early Morning Rain	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:52
Stags	You Know He Did	Guess Who b/w You Know He Did	02:37
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
Captain Tractor	The Last Saskatchewan Pirate	East of Edson	04:10
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Monique Leyrac	Mon pays	Mon pays	03:11
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Helix	Billy Oxygen	Breaking Loose	04:23
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
The Haunted	1-2-5	1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning	02:27
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew	ST	03:20
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Plan Nine	Fatal Femme	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:20
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
The Reaction	Get The Rods Out	East End Rockers	03:32
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Pelicans	New Wave	Pelicans b/w New Wave	01:53
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Trooper	Santa Maria	Two For The Show	02:56
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Stiffs	Everyone Lies	The Stiffs	01:30
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
The Bed Time Story	Feel the Sun	Got to Find Someone (A Day in the Life of Steven Truscott) b/w Feel the Sun	02:21
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Spy's	Machine Shop	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	02:35
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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)

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