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
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
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
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Dunn, Willie I Pity The Country I Pity The Country b/w The Carver
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsie You're My Boopsy
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Kilt South Australia - Brenda Stubbert's Reel Kilt
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Twitch Pick Up Is Illegal on 401 Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Kilt Honest Gamble - Tripping Up the Stairs Kilt
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Rock and Roll Bitches Wild West Wild West (EP)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Let Them In Let Them In
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Mighty Pope Tower of Strength Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Minotaur Burner Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Partland Brothers Soul City Electric Honey
Baumber, Ron Keep it On the Tracks Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Mitchell, Joni Just Like This Train Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
VLA (Vincent V.) I Gave My Heart (Radio Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Hawkins, Ronnie Who Do You Love Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Toulouse Toulouse What Would My Mama Say b/w Toulouse
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Fringe, The Plastic People Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Dishrags Past Is Past Past Is Past (EP)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Copperpenny Sitting On a Poor Man's Throne Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
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
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Mitchell, Joni Urge for Going Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Hemsworth, Wade The Blackfly Song Folk Songs of the Canadian North Woods
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

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