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.

95

128

Ashley MacIsaac The Devil in the Kitchen clear blue vinyl

105

Subhumans Death to the Sickoids flip

131

Viletones - Screaming Fist

159

Tim Hus - Huskies & Husqvarnas

160

Tim Hus - Huskies & Husqvarnas - liner notes

161

Captain Tractor - East of Edson

190

The Reaction - On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived

191

Reaction

218

Arthur Scammel - Squid Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2

219

Arthur Scammel - Squid Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2

239

Bureacrats - Feel the Pain b/w Grown Up Age

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Obomsawin, Alanis Nookum (Reflections of an Elder) Indian Songs
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Bad Moon Rising Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Dundas Can't You Hear Me Bloodshot In Your Eyes b/w Can't You Hear Me
Underworld Bound Go Away b/w Bound
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
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
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
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
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) King Size King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Doucette, Jerry Nobody The Deuce is Loose
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
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)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Secret V's Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold No Life Like It (EP)
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
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)
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) When I Feel The Need For Love When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Sloan Underwhelmed (LP Version) Underwhelmed (promo)
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt

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