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
Doug And The Slugs Too Bad Too Bad b/w The Move
Damron, Dick Rockin' Baby Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Mendelson Joe Oh Travene Oh Travene b/w Growing Pain
Obomsawin, Alanis Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) Indian Songs
Private School Money Guns and Power Lost in Action (EP)
Murray, Anne Bidin' my time This Way Is My Way
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Thrasher, Willie Spirit Child Spirit Child
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Hansen, Sue Sucking Up to You Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up
Plan Nine Go I Ain't No Robot (EP) (picture sleeve)
Pelicans New Wave Pelicans b/w New Wave
Trooper We're Here For a Good Time (Not a Long Time) Knock 'em Dead Kid
Moore, Yvonne Hit & Run Lover Hit & Run Lover
Seeds of Time Muskrat Rumble My Home Town b/w Muskrat Rumble (promo)
Mitchell, Joni Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi b/w Rainy Night House (picture sleeve)
Nite Life What's On Your Mind ** What's On Your Mind ** b/w What's On Your Mind (Instrumental)
Trooper The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car Two For The Show
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Mingles I'm Gonna Miss You I'm Gonna Miss You b/w No Train Tonight
Cockburn, Bruce If I Had a Rocket Launcher If I Had a Rocket Launcher b/w Maybe the Poet
Slow I Broke The Circle I Broke The Circle b/w Black Is Black (picture sleeve)
Leloup, Jean L'Amour Est Sans Pitié L'Amour Est Sans Pitié b/w L'Amour Est Sans Pitié
Cockburn, Bruce If a Tree Falls If a Tree Falls b/w The Gift
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
Phollop Willing P.A. Orphan Baby Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
Thomas, Ian Long Long Way Long Long Way
Power of Beckett Lost Soul in Disillusion Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me
Cornell, Jack Like the Clouds Happy Dreamer b/w Like the Clouds
Elan Teenage Party Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)
Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Reaction, The Get The Rods Out East End Rockers
Subhumans No Productivity Firing Squad b/w No Productivity
Tiaras Surprise! Foolish Girl b/w Surprise!
Boys Brigade The Passion Of Love ST
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Hockey Song And the Hockey Song
Genetic Control Brave New World First Impressions (EP)
Etidlouie, Etulu Kunilausimajakanik (Better Than Others Kissed) Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T.
Viletones Possibilities Screaming Fist b/w Possibilities/ I'm a Rebel
M.G. & the Escorts Remembering Next to Nowhere b/w Remembering
Rabble Golden Girl You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl
Northern Pikes Teenland Teenland b/w Heartaches Heartbreaks (Open Up) (picture sleeve)
Bells Stay Awhile Stay Awhile b/w Sing a Song of Freedom
Pointed Sticks Somebody's Mom What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom
Copperpenny Boogie Woogie Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Saga On The Loose On The Loose b/w Framed
Damron, Dick Gonna Have a Party Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby
Saxton, Mary Sad Eyes Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart
Olliver, George Shine I May Never Get to See You Again b/w Shine
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
VLA (Vincent V.) We Won't Let Each Other Go (Club Extended Version) (Toronto Freestyle Mix) I Gave My Heart b/w We Won't Let Each Other Go
Ugly Ducklings Just In Case You Wonder Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Murray, Anne I Just Fall in Love Again New Kind of Feeling
Thomas, Ian Hold On The Runner
Stiffs Everyone Lies The Stiffs
Ryan, Clint It Hurts to be Lonely It Hurts to be Lonely b/w Build Myself Around You
Kozak, Joe Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak
Little, Russ I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Pointed Sticks Lies Lies b/w I'm Numb
Pointed Sticks I'm Numb Lies b/w I'm Numb
April Wine I Like To Rock Harder Faster
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Thrasher, Willie Forefathers Spirit Child
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Copperpenny Bad Manners Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
Cohen, Leonard Suzanne Suzanne b/w The Partisan (picture sleeve)
Ugly Ducklings I Can Tell Nothin' b/w I Can Tell
Cockburn, Bruce Rainfall Wondering Where the Lions Are b/w Rainfall
Rush The Trees The Trees b/w Circumstances (picture sleeve)
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Copperpenny You're Still the One Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne
LaBarge, Bernie Can't Hold On Forever Can't Hold On Forever b/w Annie
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Payola$ Eyes of a Stranger No Stranger to Danger
Northern Haze Qaina ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ Sinnaktuq
Collectors She (Will-O'-The Wind) Lydia Purple b/w She (Will-O'-The Wind)
Ironhorse What's Your Hurry Darlin' Everything is Grey
Reaction, The Waiting In Line East End Rockers
Bureaucrats Grown Up Age Feel The Pain b/w Grown Up Age (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Mr. Fortune Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
Mantra San Francisco Morning Stay b/w San Francisco Morning
Hometown Band I'm Ready Flying
Leyrac, Monique Pendant que Mon pays
Rock, Jenny Mal Mal b/w Voyage entre nuit et clarté
LaBarge, Bernie Dream Away Dream Away b/w It's Real
Diehl, Alden Fight On (Summer) Fight On (Winter) b/w Fight On (Summer)
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Claman, Dolores The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Kilt Fisherman's Blues Kilt
Private School I Wanna Know Lost in Action (EP)
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Crystal Castles Alice Practice Alice Practice
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)

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