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
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Farraway, Craig After All After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Crystal Castles Dolls Alice Practice
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Cornell, Jack Happy Dreamer Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Dishrags Tormented Past Is Past (EP)
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Chokolit Affair Don't Touch My Funk Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Mighty Pope Heaven on the Seventh Floor Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
McManus, Terry Carolyn (stereo) Carolyn b/w Carolyn (promo)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
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
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Thomas, Ian Painted Ladies ST
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Thrasher, Willie Silent Inuit Spirit Child
Olliver, George I May Never Get to See You Again I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Club Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
April Wine Say Hello Harder Faster
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)

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