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
Rush Circumstances The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Ms. Dolly Gilmore No Man Like My Man No Man Like My Man b/w Sweet Sweet Man
Genetic Control Urban Cowboy First Impressions (EP)
Pointed Sticks What Do You Want Me To Do? What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Mendelson Joe Growing Pain Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Trooper Two for the Show Two For The Show
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Painted Ship Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Tallmud, Les Un Autre Ami Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Elan Freedom Song Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Connors, Stompin' Tom Canada Day Up Canada Way Canada Day, Up Canada Way b/w I Am the Wind
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Joli, France Playboy Come to Me // Let Go
Cockburn, Bruce Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lovers in a Dangerous Time b/w Sahara Gold
Gruesomes Hey! Hey!
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Mantra Stay Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Rock and Roll Bitches Someone Could Lose an Eye Wild West (EP)
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Daigle, Ted No One Else Mary Lou b/w No One Else
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Murray, Anne Snowbird This Way Is My Way
Earth, Roots And Water Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
LOI (Lois Ramdeen) Body Contact When I Feel The Need For Love // Body Contact
Twitch Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Cohen, Leonard The Partisan Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Jannetta, Patti Don't You Want My Love Rules of Love b/w Don't You Want My Love
Modern Minds Bungalow Rock Theresa's World (EP)
Garnett, Gale We'll Sing in the Sunshine My Kind of Folk Songs
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
Crystal Castles Love and Caring Alice Practice
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Little, Russ Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War Version War b/w War Version
Perpall, Pierre World Invaders Pluton and Humanoids - World Invaders
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Thomas, Ian The Runner The Runner
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Kilt Dream of Death - Forfar Hunt Kilt
Kilt The Keeper - Plenty of Hornpipe Kilt
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)
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Joli, France Baby Don't Stop Dancing Come to Me // Let Go
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Gratitude Loving You Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Telfer, Jay Suite One Time Has Tied Me b/w Suite One
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Woods, Mike Working Together Working Together b/w Alberta (picture sleeve)
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Bum Wedding Day A Promise Is A Promise b/w Wedding Day
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Suspects Over Exposed Over Exposed b/w Raining Over France
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)
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)
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Spirit of the West The Rocks at Thieves Bay ST
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Kilt Come on Eileen Kilt
Farraway, Craig Wonder What She's Doing After All b/w Wonder What She's Doing
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Thrills Telephone Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late

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