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
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
A Passing Fancy A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Thomas, Ian Time is the Keeper Glider
Trooper Oh, Pretty Lady Knock 'em Dead Kid
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
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)
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Sahara Gold Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
A Passing Fancy I'm Losing Tonight I'm Losing Tonight b/w A Passing Fancy
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
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
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Thomas, Ian Pilot Glider
Copperpenny Wine Song Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Leyrac, Monique Mon pays Mon pays
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Plan Nine I Ain't No Robot I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Jolly Tambourine Man Apple Strudle Man Apple Strudle Man b/w Sweater In Sri Lanka
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Etidlouie, Etulu Anaanaga Inujunimat (She Is Forever Gone) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Triton Warrior Satan's Train Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
lang, k.d. Friday Dance Promenade Friday Dance Promenade b/w Damned Old Dog (picture sleeve)
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Genetic Control Love Rat First Impressions (EP)
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)

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