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
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
France Joli	Playboy	Come to Me // Let Go	08:02
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Ironhorse	What's Your Hurry Darlin'	Everything is Grey	04:30
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Willie Thrasher	Silent Inuit	Spirit Child	04:36
Alden Diehl	Fight On (Winter)	Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)	02:53
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Bruce Cockburn	If a Tree Falls	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	05:44
Mary Saxton	Sad Eyes	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	03:05
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Thrills	Telephone	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:57
LOI (Lois Ramdeen)	Body Contact	When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact	05:24
The Fringe	Plastic People	Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown	02:12
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
La Révolution Française	Québecois	Québecois	04:46
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Jean Leloup	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié	03:19
The Hometown Band	I'm Ready	Flying	03:36
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Willie Thrasher	Spirit Child	Spirit Child	04:05
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
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
Bells	Stay Awhile	Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom	03:26
Rush	Closer to the Heart	A Farewell to Kings	02:56
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)	02:15
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Monique Leyrac	Tout mais pas ca	Mon pays	01:56
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Bernie LaBarge	Dream Away	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:48
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Mingles	No Train Tonight	I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight	02:28
Anne Murray	Snowbird	This Way Is My Way	02:12
k.d. lang	High Time for a Detour	Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)	04:06
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Bruce Cockburn	The Gift	If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift	06:06
George Olliver	I May Never Get to See You Again	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:38
Twitch	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn)	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	02:58
Seeds of Time	My Home Town	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:53
Bruce Cockburn	Maybe the Poet	If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet	04:53
Ian Thomas	Painted Ladies	ST	03:31
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Bruce Cockburn	Wondering Where the Lions Are	Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall	03:42
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	01:56
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Stompin' Tom Connors	I Am the Wind	Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind	03:35
Reign Ghost	Parable	Long Day Journey b/w Parable	02:13
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
Twitch	Spunk	Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk	03:27
Ronnie Hawkins	Bo Didley	Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love	02:56
Alanis Obomsawin	Awsjagaw Nibin (My Spirit, It Weakens)	Indian Songs	00:57
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Bruce Cockburn	Sahara Gold	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:34
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Checkerlads	Baby Send For Me	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:11
Chokolit Affair	Chokolit Groove	Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk	04:28
Ian Thomas	Hold On	The Runner	03:44
Guess Who	Clock On The Wall	Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)	03:01
Lisa Lougheed	Run With Us	Run With Us b/w Hold Back Tomorrow	04:28
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Maurice & The Clichés	It's All Talk	C'est la vie	03:18
Triton Warrior	Sealed In a Grave	Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train	04:36
France Joli	Let Go	Come to Me // Let Go	09:26
Underworld	Go Away	Bound b/w Go Away	02:49
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
M.G. & the Escorts	Next to Nowhere	Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering	02:42
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Mendelson Joe	Growing Pain	Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain	02:35
Etulu Etidlouie	Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy)	Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.	02:27
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
Copperpenny	Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	05:12
Alanis Obomsawin	Shibi (River of Dreams)	Indian Songs	02:07
The Hometown Band	Flying	Flying	03:50
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Rush	The Spirit of Radio	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	04:59
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Trooper	We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time)	Knock 'em Dead Kid	03:34
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Together	Let Them In	02:50
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Rush - A Farewell to Kings

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Rush - Fly By Night

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