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
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Willie Thrasher	Forefathers	Spirit Child	03:26
Chilliwack	Ridin'	Lonesome Mary b/w Ridin'	03:02
Mendelson Joe	The Canada Song	No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song	03:14
Spirit of the West	The Rocks at Thieves Bay	ST	04:56
Sue Hansen	Sucking Up to You	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:24
Twitch	Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401	02:40
M.G. & the Escorts	It’s Too Late	A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late	02:19
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Doug And The Slugs	Too Bad	Too Bad b/w The Move	03:50
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Rough Trade	Fashion Victim	Avoid Freud	04:06
VLA (Vincent V.)	I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	04:46
Ian Thomas	Time is the Keeper	Glider	04:14
Genetic Control	1984	First Impressions (EP)	01:36
Lady	You're Still the One	You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened To The Love	03:04
The Gruesomes	Hey!	Hey!	01:49
A Passing Fancy	I'm Losing Tonight	I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy	02:51
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Try a Little Harder	Let Them In	02:42
L'infonie	I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	02:00
Tiaras	Foolish Girl	Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!	02:34
Plan Nine	Go	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:03
Spirit of the West	Save This House	Save This House	02:55
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Copperpenny	You're Still the One	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	03:29
Jolly Tambourine Man	Apple Strudle Man	Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka	03:48
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
France Joli	Come to Me	Come to Me // Let Go	07:12
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Jim Ashby	Speed City (Acid Rock)	Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City	02:44
Ian Thomas	Pilot	Glider	05:11
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
The Ugly Ducklings	I Can Tell	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	03:21
The Bureaucrats	Feel the Pain	Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age	03:20
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
The Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Gratitude	We are Here to Party	Loving You // We Are Here To Party	06:17
L'infonie	Come & Dance The OK LA!	Come & Dance The OK LA! b/w I've Lost 15 Cents in the Cold Nose of a Bronzed Angel	03:04
Ian Thomas	Long Long Way	Long Long Way	05:00
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Saga	On The Loose	On The Loose b/w Framed	04:12
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Rush	Limelight	Moving Pictures	04:19
Monique Leyrac	Pendant que	Mon pays	03:26
Underworld	Bound	Bound b/w Go Away	03:15
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Anne Murray	I Just Fall in Love Again	New Kind of Feeling	02:49
Gale Garnett	We'll Sing in the Sunshine	My Kind of Folk Songs	02:59
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:46
Ocean	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
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
Patti Jannetta	Don't You Want My Love	Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love	03:26
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
The Ugly Ducklings	Nothin'	Nothin' b/w I Can Tell	02:35
Stiffs	No Money	The Stiffs	01:26
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Rush	Freewill	Permanent Waves ("Dewey Defeats Truman", Coca Cola signs)	05:24
Prism	Spaceship Superstar	ST	04:06
Dundas	Bloodshot in Your Eyes	Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me	02:43
George Olliver	Shine	I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine	03:13
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
The Collectors	Lydia Purple	Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)	02:48
Checkerlads	Shake Yourself Down	Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)	02:41
Motherlode	When I Die	When I Die	03:17
Ashley MacIsaac	The Devil in the Kitchen	The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)	02:26
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Jerry Doucette	Down The Road	Mama Let Him Play	03:35
Idle Eyes	Tokyo Rose	ST	03:51
Monique Leyrac	L'hiver	Mon pays	02:39
Kilt	Last Call	Kilt	00:33
Gentle Touch	One Way Ride	Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)	02:46
VLA (Vincent V.)	We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix)	I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go	06:17
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Let's Get Together	Let Them In	02:04
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Willie Thrasher	Wolves Don't Live By The Rules	Spirit Child	02:16
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	01:40
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Painted Ship	Frustration	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:57
Len	Steal My Sunshine	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	04:25
Seeds of Time	Muskrat Rumble	My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)	02:48
Genetic Control	Love Rat	First Impressions (EP)	02:04
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Bruce Cockburn	Incandescent Blue	Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue	04:38
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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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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