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
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Marie Hodgins	Dance For The Sun God	Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God	01:50
Jayson Hoover (The Trials Of)	King Size	King Size b/w Baby I Love You	02:12
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Jack Cornell	Happy Dreamer	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	04:01
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Chilliwack	Lonesome Mary	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:04
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Trooper	Two for the Show	Two For The Show	04:27
Copperpenny	Taking My Heart	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:16
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Lady	Whatever Happened to the Love	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	02:41
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Bruce Cockburn	Tokyo	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	03:30
Immortals	The Ultimate Warlord	The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)	06:30
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Mantra	Stay	Stay b/w San Francisco Morning	02:57
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Rabble	Golden Girl	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:04
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
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
Al Oster	Next Boat	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	02:46
Bruce Cockburn	Rainfall	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:50
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Yvonne Moore	Hit & Run Lover	Hit & Run Lover	00:17
Copperpenny	Boogie Woogie	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:27
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Toulouse	Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	04:31
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
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
Copperpenny	Where is the Answer	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	04:20
Pointed Sticks	Lies	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:37
Gentle Touch	Visitors Parking Only	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:45
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Jury	Please Forget Her	Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?	02:44
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
Kilt	South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel	Kilt	02:46
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Joni Mitchell	Urge for Going	Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)	05:04
Stiffs	Dad's a Pig	The Stiffs	01:31
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
April Wine	I Like To Rock	Harder.....Faster	04:22
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
Guess Who	One Day	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	02:07
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Anne Murray	Shadows in the Moonlight	New Kind of Feeling	03:31
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Rush	The Trees	Hemispheres	04:43
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Slow	I Broke The Circle	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:20
Rush	Fly by Night	Fly By Night	03:22
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Crystal Castles	Alice Practice	Alice Practice	02:12
Willie Dunn	I Pity The Country	I Pity The Country b/w The Carver	02:55
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	03:24
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Klaatu	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	3:47 EST	07:17
Bruce Cockburn	If I Had a Rocket Launcher	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:58
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Stiffs	Homesick	The Stiffs	01:02
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Bum	A Promise Is A Promise	A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day	02:02
k.d. lang	Friday Dance Promenade	Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)	02:28
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Dick Damron	Rockin' Baby	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	01:26
Alan Gerber	Tied On	Tied On b/w Tied On	03:24
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Gratitude	Loving You	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:15
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Bernie LaBarge	Annie	Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie	03:52
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33

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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