Bird on the Wire

Name: Bird on the Wire
Duration: 3 min 26 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track Artist	Release Title	Release Artist	Release Group Type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.1	Bird on the Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	Songs From a Room	Leonard Cohen	Album	GB1969-04	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	S 63587
1.1	Bird on the Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	Songs From a Room	Leonard Cohen	Album	US1969-04	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	CS 9767
1.2	Bird on the Wire	3:24	Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Leonard Cohen	Single	NL1969-05-30	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	4262
1.1	Bird on the Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	Bird on the Wire	Leonard Cohen	Single	DE1969	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	4245
1.1	Bird on the Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	Songs From a Room	Leonard Cohen	Album	NL1969	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	CBS 32074
1.2	Bird on the Wire	3:24	Leonard Cohen	The Partisan	Leonard Cohen	Single	FR1969	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	4262
1.2	Bird on the Wire	3:24	Leonard Cohen	Suzanne / Bird on the Wire	Leonard Cohen	Single	GB1973-04-20	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	S CBS 8353
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	-1975	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	69161
1.6	Bird on the Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	XE1975	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	69161, CBS 69161
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	The Best of Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	US1975	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	PC 34077
1.9	Bird on the Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	Liebesträume: Leonard Cohen singt seine schönsten Lieder	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	DE1980	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	CBS 84 718, CBS 84718
1.8	Bird on the Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	XG1982	AMIGA	8 55 790
1.12	Bird on the Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	Highlights	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	AU1982
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Historia de la Música Rock - 34	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	ES1982	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	LSP 15268
1.1	Bird on the Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	Songs From a Room	Leonard Cohen	Album	XE1982	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	CBS 32074
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	XE1987	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	CDCBS 69161
1.3	Bird on the Wire	3:24	Leonard Cohen	First We Take Manhattan	Leonard Cohen	Single	-1988	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	651352 2
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:24	Leonard Cohen	The Best of Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	CA1988	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	WCK-34077
1.6	Bird on the Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	So Long, Marianne	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	DE1989-06-26	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	460500 2
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	DE1989-07-05	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	COL CD 32644
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	XE1989 GB1989	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	CD 32644, COL CD 32644
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits (CBS Nice Price Series)	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	XE1989	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	32644, CDCBS 32644
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits (Other labelling on back: CB 701, CDM, CM, LC 0149, (01-032644-10)	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	-1989	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	CDCBS 32644
1.9	Bird On The Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Tour of Duty IV	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1989	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	465808-2
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	The Best of Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	CA1990-01-01	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	WCK-34077
1.1	Bird on the Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	Songs From a Room	Leonard Cohen	Album	US1990-04-10	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	9767, CK 9767
1.1	Bird on the Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	Songs From a Room	Leonard Cohen	Album	XE1990-05	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	32074
1.6	Bird on the Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	So Long, Marianne	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	XE1990 GB1990	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	902297 2
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	ZA1991	Artone	CDANIC 043
1.3	Bird on the Wire	3:28	Leonard Cohen	Los 60 de los 60	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	US1992	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	CIL-46
1.6	Bird on the Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	So Long, Marianne	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	XE1995	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	COL 460500-2
1.1	Bird on the Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	Songs From a Room	Leonard Cohen	Album	XE1997-11-03	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	01-063587-10, CD 63587, COL CD 63587
1.1	Bird on the Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	Songs From a Room	Leonard Cohen	Album	GB1998-01-22	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	CD 32074
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	US1999-01-19	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.6	Bird on the Wire	3:28	Leonard Cohen	Rock & Pop CD 6	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1999	Helbling	HI - S4991CD
2.14	Bird on the Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	Summer of Love: The Spirit of Flower Power (set I)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1999	Brunswick News	564 196-2
4.6	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Oh What a Feeling 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA2001-02-20
4.6	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Oh What a Feeling 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA2001-02-20	Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”), Universal Music Canada	3145208852
1.6	Bird on a Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	The Essential Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	US2002-10-22	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	C2K 86884
2.14	Bird on the Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	Summer of Love	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2002	Universal Marketing Group GmbH (company not a label brand)	584-509-2
1.6	Bird on a Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	The Essential Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	CA2002	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	TV2K 86884
1.6	Bird on a Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	The Essential Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	AU2002	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	497995 2
1.6	Bird on a Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	The Essential Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	NL2002	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	COL 497995 9
1.6	Bird on a Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	The Essential Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	XE2002	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	497995 2
1.6	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	An Introduction to Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	GB2003-09	Mojo (magazine)	512852 2
1.6	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Artist’s Choice: Willie Nelson	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2004-04-21	Hear Music	141
2.10	Bird on a Wire	3:24	Leonard Cohen	The Ultimate Acoustic Songbook	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2005-05-30	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)	82876704792
1.1	Bird on the Wire	3:29	Leonard Cohen	Songs From a Room	Leonard Cohen	Album	US2007-04-24	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	88697 04740 2
1.1	Bird on the Wire	3:29	Leonard Cohen	Songs From a Room	Leonard Cohen	Album	JP2007-06-20 -2007-06-25	Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint)	MHCP 1334
1.1	Bird on the Wire	3:29	Leonard Cohen	Songs From a Room	Leonard Cohen	Album	FR2007	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	88697 04740 2
1.1	Bird on the Wire	3:29	Leonard Cohen	Songs From a Room	Leonard Cohen	Album	XE2007	Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	88697 09388 2
1.6	Bird on a Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	The Essential Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	US2008-08-26	Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	88697 30996 2
1.6	Bird on a Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	The Essential Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	AU2008	Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	88697309962
1.10	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	GB2009-07-13	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	88697556132
1.10	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	XE2009-09-04	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	88697581772
2.14	Bird on the Wire	3:24	Leonard Cohen	Summer of Love	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2009	Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)
1.5	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	The Essential Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	-2010	Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	88697773642
1.10	Bird on the Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	All Time Best (Reclam Musik Edition)	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	DE2011-08-25	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.10	Bird on the Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	All Time Best (Reclam Musik Edition)	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	DE2011-08-26	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	88697936902
2.1	Bird on the Wire	3:29	Leonard Cohen	The Complete Studio Albums Collection	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	GB2011-10-10	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	88697961772-1, 88697961772-10, 88697961772-11, 88697961772-2, 88697961772-3, 88697961772-4, 88697961772-5, 88697961772-6, 88697961772-7, 88697961772-8, 88697961772-9
2.1	Bird on the Wire	3:29	Leonard Cohen	The Complete Columbia Albums Collection	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	US2011-10-11	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	88697871842
1.1	Bird on the Wire	3:29	Leonard Cohen	Songs From a Room	Leonard Cohen	Album	XE2011	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	88697993542
2.2	Bird on the Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	Silence is Golden	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2014-10-13	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88875023022
1.1	Bird on the Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	Songs From a Room	Leonard Cohen	Album	XW2014	Columbia Nashville
1.14	Bird on the Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2015-06-12
1.14	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2015-07-06	Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	88875066552
1.14	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2015	Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	88875066552
1.7	Bird on the Wire	3:24	Leonard Cohen	Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Soundtrack	Various Artists	Album + Soundtrack	GB2016-07-01	Rhino (reissue label)	0190295941666
3.10	Bird On The Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	V&A: Records & Rebels	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2016	Universal Music Catalogue (since early 2000s, alt name UMC used since ca. 2016; defunct since early 2023, renamed into Universal Music Recordings, don’t use it for later 2023 releases)
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	XE-	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	CBS 32644
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation			CDCBS 32644
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits (reissue)	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	GB-	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	CBS 32644
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	XE-	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	COL CD 32644
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits (CB 701 / CDM / CM on back (bottom right))	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	XE-	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	CD 32644, COL CD 32644
1.6	Bird on the Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	So Long, Marianne	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	AU-	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	4711442
1.1	Bird on the Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	Songs From a Room (Reissue)	Leonard Cohen	Album	CA-	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	WCK 9767
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	The Best of Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	US-	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	CK 34077
1.4	Bird on the Wire	3:27	Leonard Cohen	The Best of Leonard Cohen (club edition)	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	US-	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)	CK 34077, D110544
1.6	Bird on a Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	The Essential Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	BR-	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)	2 086884
Bootleg
2.14	Bird on a Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	RU2008	Star Mark	16222-1, 16222-1/2, 16222-2
1.3	Bird on the Wire	3:23	Leonard Cohen	Best	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	RU-
1.6	Bird on the Wire	3:25	Leonard Cohen	Golden Hits	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation
(unknown)
1.3	Bird on a Wire	3:26	Leonard Cohen	10 największych ballad	Leonard Cohen	Album + Compilation	PL2008	Agora SA

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engineer:	Ed Hudson (engineer) Neil Wilburn
producer:	Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
lead vocals:	Leonard Cohen

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 2007)

recording of:	Bird on the Wire (in 1968)

Bird on the Wire

lyricist and composer:	Leonard Cohen

publisher:	Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)

later translated versions:	Fugl på en snor ציפור על תיל
later versions:	Vivre tout seul

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