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
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Martha And The Muffins Echo Beach Metro Music
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Spirit of the West Save This House Save This House
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Hodgins, Marie Dance For The Sun God Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Basso, Guido Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Maciag, Robert You Make Me Feel So Good I Can't Help the Sunrise b/w You Make Me Feel So Good
Phollop Willing P.A. Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Collectors Lydia Purple Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Guess Who Clock On The Wall Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Cockburn, Bruce Wondering Where the Lions Are Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Mitchell, Joni You Turn Me On I'm a Radio Urge for Going b/w You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio (picture sleeve)
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Pluton and Humanoids World Invaders World Invaders // World Invaders (Instrumental)
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
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
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
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
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Kilt Dylan's Ghost Kilt
Underworld Bound Go Away b/w Bound
Painted Ship And She Said Yes Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Copperpenny Taking My Heart Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Private School Fuck You Lost in Action (EP)
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Plan Nine In Sympathy With Poland I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Elan Days Gone By Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce Tokyo Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Prism Spaceship Superstar ST
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Saxton, Mary Losing Control Losing Control b/w Is It Better To Live Or Die
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Together Let Them In
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Kilt Last Call Kilt
Stiffs Homesick The Stiffs
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Jackson, Shawne Just as Bad as You Just as Bad as You b/w He May Be Your Man
Kilt I Was Made for Loving You Kilt
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Suspects Raining Over France Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
Men Without Hats The Safety Dance The Safety Dance
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Demics New York City New York City b/w Blue Boy
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Winter) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Viletones Screaming Fist Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Kilt The Drunken Dancer - Dinky Dorian's - Sleepy Maggie - McNab's Hornpipe Kilt
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
Checkerlads Shake Yourself Down Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Slow Black Is Black I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

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