Bird on the Wire

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musical work song studio album

"Bird on the Wire" is a widely acclaimed song by Leonard Cohen, known for its poetic lyrics and melancholic reflection on freedom, love, and personal redemption.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bird on the Wire ⓘ
surface form: Bird on a Wire
artist Leonard Cohen ⓘ
composer Leonard Cohen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
creator Leonard Cohen ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
describedByArtistAs "a simple country song" ⓘ
firstReleaseYear 1969 ⓘ
genre folk ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn singer-songwriters in folk tradition ⓘ
hasMetaphor bird on a wire as symbol of constrained freedom ⓘ
drunk in a midnight choir as image of flawed devotion ⓘ
hasSubject apology ⓘ
personal failure ⓘ
search for grace ⓘ
hasTheme freedom ⓘ
love ⓘ
personal redemption ⓘ
regret ⓘ
spiritual longing ⓘ
includedInAlbum Songs from a Room ⓘ
inspiredBy Leonard Cohen’s time on the island of Hydra ⓘ
telephone wires in Hydra, Greece ⓘ
language English ⓘ
livePerformanceStapleFor Leonard Cohen ⓘ
lyricalStyle poetic ⓘ
lyricist Leonard Cohen ⓘ
mood melancholic ⓘ
notableCoverVersionBy Jennifer Warnes ⓘ
Joe Cocker ⓘ
Johnny Cash ⓘ
Judy Collins ⓘ
The Neville Brothers ⓘ
Willie Nelson ⓘ
k.d. lang ⓘ
openingLyrics "Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir" ⓘ
partOf Leonard Cohen discography ⓘ
performer Leonard Cohen ⓘ
producer Bob Johnston ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1968 ⓘ
1969 ⓘ
recordLabel CBS Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ

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Leonard Cohen → notableWork → Bird on the Wire ⓘ
Bird on the Wire → alsoKnownAs → Bird on the Wire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bird on a Wire
Beautiful Lies You Could Live In → hasTrack → Bird on the Wire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bird on a Wire