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
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Mingles No Train Tonight I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Basso, Guido Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Punkin Machine I Need You Tonight I Need You Tonight // I Need You Tonight
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Baumber, Ron Duncan and the Devil Duncan and the Devil b/w Keep it On the Tracks
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
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
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Nomeansno Oh Canaduh Oh Canaduh b/w New Age
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Hus, Tim Hurtin’ Albertan Huskies & Huskvarnas
M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Immortals The Ultimate Warlord The Ultimate Warlord // Warlord (Part II)
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Stiffs Oh Canaduh The Stiffs
Stiffs 21st Century The Stiffs
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Rabble You Come on Too Strong You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
lang, k.d. Rose Garden Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Thrasher, Willie Eskimo Named Johnny Spirit Child
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Thrasher, Willie Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Spirit Child
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
LaBarge, Bernie It's Real Dream Away b/w It's Real
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Jack J Looking Forward to You Looking Forward to You
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Stiffs Fuck You Last Call, Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 comp
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
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Power of Beckett Back to Me Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Murray, Anne Shadows in the Moonlight New Kind of Feeling
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Ikaumakatapuga Ukaujauvaninik (I Remember) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Genetic Control 1984 First Impressions (EP)
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
MacIsaac, Ashley The Devil in the Kitchen The Devil in the Kitchen b/w What an Idiot He Is (featuring Jale) (picture sleeve, clear blue vinyl)
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Leyrac, Monique L'hiver Mon pays
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Viletones Rebel Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Woods, Mike Alberta Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)

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