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
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Ashby, Jim Speed City (Acid Rock) Speed City (Acid Rock) b/w Speed City
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Kilt Johnny Bean Set: Cawdor Fair - Frank's Reel - Speed the Plow Kilt
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Klaatu Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft 3:47 EST
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Jannetta, Patti Rules of Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Helix Billy Oxygen Breaking Loose
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Lady Whatever Happened to the Love You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Myers, Debbie Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Joli, France Let Go Come to Me // Let Go
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
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
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Underworld Bound Go Away b/w Bound
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
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
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Phollop Willing P.A. Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Ryan, Clint Build Myself Around You It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Spy's Machine Shop Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Spencer, Eddie You're So Good to Me Baby You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Motherlode When I Die When I Die
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Cockburn, Bruce The Gift If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans b/w New Wave
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
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
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel

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