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
Gayle, Otis We All Need Love Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Twitch Spunk Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk
Basso, Guido For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Crasher (Gladston Murray) Amazon Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising
Crack of Dawn The Key The Key b/w Mind Wrecker
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Mendelson Joe The Canada Song No Trespassing b/w The Canada Song
Stiffs No Money The Stiffs
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Hoover, Jayson (The Trials Of) Baby I Love You King Size b/w Baby I Love You
Rough Trade Highschool Confidential Avoid Freud
Subhumans Firing Squad Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Spy's Underground Underground b/w Machine Shop (white picture sleeve)
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
Obomsawin, Alanis Comaw Skanooch (Syllabic Song of War) Indian Songs
Trans-X Living On Video Living On Video
Little, Russ Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Little, Russ Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Lady You're Still the One You're Still the One b/w Whatever Happened to the Love
Hansen, Sue Shut Up Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
lang, k.d. High Time for a Detour Rose Garden b/w High Time for a Detour (picture sleeve)
Pursuit of Happiness She's So Young I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Richardson, Ron Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Thomas, Ian Right Before Your Eyes Calabash
Plan Nine Fatal Femme I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
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)
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Tallmud, Les Avoir Raison Avoir Raison b/w Un Autre Ami
Spoons After the Institution After the Institution b/w My Job
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Etidlouie, Etulu Utiliput (Coming Back) (C'est en revenant de rigaud) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Doucette, Jerry Down The Road Mama Let Him Play
Stiffs Fuck You The Stiffs
Williams, Bob I'm Alright (Part Two) I'm Alright
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Hawkins, Ronnie Bo Didley Bo Didley b/w Who Do You Love
St. Germain, Ray Metis ST
Kilt Wrecker's Den Kilt
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Witness Inc. Another Side Of Her Visions of Vanessa b/w Another Side Of Her (picture sleeve)
Gayle, Otis Sexy Eyes Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? b/w Endless Sleep (picture sleeve)
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass Try a Little Harder Let Them In
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Reaction, The Trials In Error East End Rockers
Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?
Doug And The Slugs The Move Too Bad b/w The Move
Copperpenny Thinking of You Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Twitch Things Things b/w Pick Up Is Illegal on 401
Elan Penticton Peaches Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Hodgins, Marie Yesterday’s Dreams Yesterday’s Dreams b/w Dance For The Sun God
Rough Trade Fashion Victim Avoid Freud
Bureaucrats Feel the Pain Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Trooper Santa Maria Two For The Show
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Copperpenny Where is the Answer Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Bullrush You've Sent Me Away I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Leyrac, Monique Tout mais pas ca Mon pays
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
Cockburn, Bruce Incandescent Blue Tokyo b/w Incandescent Blue
Pursuit of Happiness I'm an Adult Now I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young
Mitchell, Joni Help Me Help Me b/w Just Like This Train (picture sleeve)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kimikaput Ukaguna Tujuamik (Tundra Friend) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Freedom North Fat Man Doctor Tom b/w Fat Man (picture sleeve)
Chokolit Affair Chokolit Groove Chokolit Groove b/w Don't Touch My Funk
Bullrush I Want To Be Set Free I Want To Be Set Free b/w You've Sent Me Away
Hometown Band Flying Flying
Captain Tractor The Last Saskatchewan Pirate East of Edson
Gratitude We are Here to Party Loving You // We Are Here To Party
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Dobson, Bonnie Morning Dew ST
Thrills Party Inside My Mind Party Inside My Mind b/w Telephone
Seeds of Time My Home Town My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Williams, Rod & Super 8 War War b/w War Version
Saxton, Mary Take My Heart Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Idle Eyes Tokyo Rose ST
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Munks Long Time Waiting Long Time Waiting b/w Heartaches Over My Head

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