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
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Private School Sci-Fi Lost in Action (EP)
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Dishrags Love Is Shit (It's Goodbye) Past Is Past (EP)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Crystal Castles Air War Alice Practice
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Trooper 3 Dressed Up As A 9 Flying Colors
Norman, Don & the Other Four Low Man Low Man b/w Mustang Sally
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
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)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Bum A Promise Is A Promise A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Crack of Dawn Mind Wrecker The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
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
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Connors, Stompin' Tom I Am the Wind Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Stiffs Dad's a Pig The Stiffs
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Obomsawin, Alanis NBAW (Hush - Sleep) Indian Songs
LaBarge, Bernie Annie Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Mitchell, Joni You turn Me On, I'm a Radio You turn Me On, I'm a Radio b/w Urge for Going (picture sleeve) (promo)
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Tyson, Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Early Morning Rain (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Sudbury Saturday Night b/w Don Valley Jail
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Obomsawin, Alanis Shibi (River of Dreams) Indian Songs
Murray, Anne-Marie The Streets of Old St. John's The Streets of Old St. John's b/w Has Love Gone Out of Style
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
M.G. & the Escorts Next to Nowhere Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Mashmakhan As The Years Go By As The Years Go By b/w Gladwin (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Minotaur Witch-Hunt Burner b/w Witch-Hunt
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies

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