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
Ritchie Knight & the Mid-Knights	That's All Right	That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)	02:28
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Kilt	Come on Eileen	Kilt	03:16
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Stiffs	Fuck You	Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp	02:23
Private School	Fuck You	Lost in Action (EP)	01:40
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Slow	Black Is Black	I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)	03:57
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
April Wine	Say Hello	Harder.....Faster	02:59
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:56
Poppy Family	Which Way You Goin' Billy?	Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)	03:24
Pierre Perpall	World Invaders	Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders	06:44
Rough Trade	Highschool Confidential	Avoid Freud	03:14
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Joni Mitchell	Just Like This Train	Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)	04:24
Mashmakhan	As The Years Go By	As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)	03:04
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Stiffs	Fuck You	The Stiffs	02:21
Viletones	Rebel	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:09
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Rabble	You Come on Too Strong	You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl	02:18
Jenny Rock	Mal	Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté	02:33
Diodes	Tired of Waking Up Tired	Released	02:54
Stiffs	Oh Canaduh	The Stiffs	02:40
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Viletones	Possibilities	Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel	02:32
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Bernie LaBarge	It's Real	Dream Away b/w It's Real	03:43
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
The Ugly Ducklings	Just In Case You Wonder	Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)	02:28
Craig Farraway	After All	After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing	04:18
Don Jewitt	Turn Down the Roses	Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses	04:06
Dick Damron	Gonna Have a Party	Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby	02:02
Power of Beckett	Back to Me	Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me	02:37
Mary Saxton	Take My Heart	Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart	02:04
Terry McManus	Carolyn (stereo)	Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)	02:40
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Stiffs	21st Century	The Stiffs	02:18
Clint Ryan	It Hurts to be Lonely	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	02:40
Mike Woods	Working Together	Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)	02:57
Minotaur	Burner	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	03:24
Plan Nine	I Ain't No Robot	I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:36
Bruce Cockburn	Lovers in a Dangerous Time	Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold	04:07
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Mary Lou b/w No One Else	02:36
Ian & Sylvia Tyson	Four Strong Winds	Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)	03:29
Bullrush	I Want To Be Set Free	I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away	03:14
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock	01:47
Jerry Doucette	Mama Let Him Play	Mama Let Him Play	04:26
Kilt	Fisherman's Blues	Kilt	03:50
Jack Cornell	Like the Clouds	Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds	03:27
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
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Tim Hus	Hurtin’ Albertan	Huskies & Huskvarnas	08:07
Jay Telfer	Time Has Tied Me	Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One	03:39
Nomeansno	Oh Canaduh	Oh Canaduh b/w New Age	01:59
Suspects	Over Exposed	Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France	04:29
Wade Hemsworth	The Blackfly Song	Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods	03:03
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Arthur Scammel R.	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1	Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2	02:03
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Munks	Long Time Waiting	Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head	02:15
Stompin' Connors Tom	The Hockey Song	And the Hockey Song	02:14
Spy's	Underground	Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)	03:18
Copperpenny	Wine Song	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	02:04
The Reaction	Waiting In Line	East End Rockers	04:51
Payola$	Eyes of a Stranger	No Stranger to Danger	04:57
Kilt	Wrecker's Den	Kilt	02:38
Private School	Sci-Fi	Lost in Action (EP)	03:32
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Anne Murray	Bidin' my time	This Way Is My Way	02:37
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)	03:24
Ian Thomas	The Runner	The Runner	03:24
Crystal Castles	Love and Caring	Alice Practice	02:18
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Thrills	Party Inside My Mind	Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone	03:38
Bells	Moody Manitoba Morning	Maxwells Silver Hammer b/w Moody Manitoba Morning	03:15
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Clint Ryan	Build Myself Around You	It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You	03:20
Fyre	New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:42
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak	02:02
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse	03:50
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Minotaur	Witch-Hunt	Burner b/w Witch-Hunt	04:19
Mike Jones Group	Each and Every Day	Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling	02:18
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Painted Ship	I Told Those Little White Lies	Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies	02:39
Mary Saxton	Losing Control	Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die	02:04
Ron Baumber	Keep it On the Tracks	Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks	03:08
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Genetic Control	Urban Cowboy	First Impressions (EP)	02:44
Boys Brigade	The Passion Of Love	ST	03:40
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Tracks

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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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Sidewinders (1) - Put The Blame On Me b/w Cryin' Heartache Misery

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Jerry Doucette - The Deuce is Loose

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Jerry Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

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Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

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Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand

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Bob Williams - I'm Alright

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Guido Basso - Put Your Hand in the Hand

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April Wine - Harder.....Faster

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Don Jewitt - Northern Wind b/w Turn Down the Roses

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Jury - Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?

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Reign Ghost - Long Day Journey b/w Parable

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Doug And The Slugs - Too Bad b/w The Move

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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

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Bum - A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day

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Diodes - Released

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Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

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Don Norman & the Other Four - Low Man b/w Mustang Sally

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Slow - I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)

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