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.infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="color: #202122;background-color: #E6E8FA; font-size: 125%;">"Bird on the Wire"</th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: #E6E8FA;"><a href="/wiki/Song" title="Song">Song</a> by <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Cohen" title="Leonard Cohen">Leonard Cohen</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: #E6E8FA;">from the album <i> <a href="/wiki/Songs_from_a_Room" title="Songs from a Room">Songs from a Room</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">April 1969</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">26 September 1968, <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_folk" class="mw-redirect" title="Contemporary folk">Contemporary folk</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">3</span>:<span class="s">28</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Cohen" title="Leonard Cohen">Leonard Cohen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Johnston" title="Bob Johnston">Bob Johnston</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Bird on the Wire</b>" is a song written by Canadian musician <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Cohen" title="Leonard Cohen">Leonard Cohen</a>, which became one of his <a href="/wiki/List_of_signature_songs" title="List of signature songs">signature songs</a>. It was recorded 26 September 1968 in <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a> and included on his 1969 album <i><a href="/wiki/Songs_from_a_Room" title="Songs from a Room">Songs from a Room</a></i>. A May 1968 recording produced by <a href="/wiki/David_Crosby" title="David Crosby">David Crosby</a>, titled "Like a Bird", was added to the 2007 <a href="/wiki/Remaster" title="Remaster">remastered</a> CD. <a href="/wiki/Judy_Collins" title="Judy Collins">Judy Collins</a> was the first to release the song on her 1968 album <i><a href="/wiki/Who_Knows_Where_the_Time_Goes_(Judy_Collins_album)" title="Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Judy Collins album)">Who Knows Where the Time Goes</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Cocker" title="Joe Cocker">Joe Cocker</a> also covered the song on his <a href="/wiki/Joe_Cocker!" title="Joe Cocker!">second studio album</a> the following year and his version reached #78 in Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1960s, Cohen lived on the Greek island <a href="/wiki/Hydra_(island)" title="Hydra (island)">Hydra</a> with his girlfriend <a href="/wiki/Marianne_Ihlen" title="Marianne Ihlen">Marianne Ihlen</a>, the woman depicted on the back cover of <i>Songs from a Room</i>. She has related how she helped him out of a <a href="/wiki/Major_depressive_disorder" title="Major depressive disorder">depression</a> by handing him his guitar, whereupon he began composing "Bird on the Wire", inspired by a bird sitting on one of Hydra's recently installed phone wires, followed by memories of <a href="/wiki/Alcohol_intoxication" title="Alcohol intoxication">wet</a> island nights. He finished it in a <a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood</a> motel. </p><p>Cohen has described "Bird on the Wire" as a simple <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> song, and the first recording, by Judy Collins, was indeed done in a country setting. He later made various minor changes, such as the modifications present on <i><a href="/wiki/Cohen_Live" title="Cohen Live">Cohen Live</a></i>. Different renditions are included on all of his live albums. On occasion he also performed <a href="/wiki/Serge_Lama" title="Serge Lama">Serge Lama</a>'s French version, "Vivre tout seul", in concert. </p><p>In the sleevenotes to a 2007 rerelease of <i>Songs From A Room</i>, the song was described as "simultaneously a prayer and an anthem, a kind of <a href="/wiki/Bohemianism" title="Bohemianism">Bohemian</a> '<a href="/wiki/My_Way" title="My Way">My Way</a>'."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition">Composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bird_on_the_Wire&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the liner notes to the 1975 compilation <i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Leonard_Cohen" title="The Best of Leonard Cohen">The Best of Leonard Cohen</a></i>, Cohen wrote about the song: </p> <dl><dd>I always begin my concert with this song. It seems to return me to my duties. It was begun in Greece and finished in a motel in Hollywood around 1969 along with everything else. Some lines were changed in Oregon. I can't seem to get it perfect. <a href="/wiki/Kris_Kristofferson" title="Kris Kristofferson">Kris Kristofferson</a> informed me that I had stolen part of the melody from another Nashville writer. He also said that he's putting the first couple of lines on his tombstone, and I'll be hurt if he doesn't.</dd></dl> <p>It has been suggested that the song to which Kristofferson was referring is "<a href="/wiki/Turn_Me_On_(Mark_Dinning_song)" title="Turn Me On (Mark Dinning song)">Turn Me On</a>", written by Nashville songwriter <a href="/wiki/John_D._Loudermilk" title="John D. Loudermilk">John D. Loudermilk</a>, which was originally recorded by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Dinning" title="Mark Dinning">Mark Dinning</a> in 1961 and later covered by many other artists, including <a href="/wiki/Nina_Simone" title="Nina Simone">Nina Simone</a>, and which shares a similar melody and some lyrical patterns with Cohen's song.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cover_versions">Cover versions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bird_on_the_Wire&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cover versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many artists have covered the song, often as "Bird on <i>a</i> Wire" (indeed, this variation appears in the compilation <i><a href="/wiki/The_Essential_Leonard_Cohen" title="The Essential Leonard Cohen">The Essential Leonard Cohen</a></i>), including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Hardin" title="Tim Hardin">Tim Hardin</a> on the album <i><a href="/wiki/Bird_on_a_Wire_(Tim_Hardin_album)" title="Bird on a Wire (Tim Hardin album)">Bird on a Wire</a></i> (1971)</li> <li>A version by <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Warnes" title="Jennifer Warnes">Jennifer Warnes</a> from her album <a href="/wiki/Famous_Blue_Raincoat_(album)" title="Famous Blue Raincoat (album)">Famous Blue Raincoat</a> reached number 16 on the Canadian AC Chart in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Rider" title="Red Rider">Red Rider</a>'s version from <a href="/wiki/The_Symphony_Sessions_(Red_Rider_album)" title="The Symphony Sessions (Red Rider album)">The Symphony Sessions</a> reached number 88 in Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Neville_Brothers" title="The Neville Brothers">The Neville Brothers</a> on the album <i>Brother's Keeper</i> (1990); also included in <i><a href="/wiki/Bird_on_a_Wire_(film)" title="Bird on a Wire (film)">Bird on a Wire</a></i> (1990) starring <a href="/wiki/Mel_Gibson" title="Mel Gibson">Mel Gibson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Goldie_Hawn" title="Goldie Hawn">Goldie Hawn</a>. (#34 Canada<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Barnes" title="Jimmy Barnes">Jimmy Barnes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Troy_Cassar-Daley" title="Troy Cassar-Daley">Troy Cassar-Daley</a> on the album <i><a href="/wiki/Double_Happiness_(album)" title="Double Happiness (album)">Double Happiness</a></i> (2006). Peaked at number 59 on the <a href="/wiki/ARIA_Charts" title="ARIA Charts">ARIA Charts</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvis_Costello" title="Elvis Costello">Elvis Costello</a> performed the song at the 2017 <i><a href="/wiki/Tower_of_Song:_A_Memorial_Tribute_to_Leonard_Cohen" title="Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen">Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen</a></i> concert.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bird_on_the_Wire&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (2016) </th> <th scope="col">Peak<br /> position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">France (<a href="/wiki/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique" class="mw-redirect" title="Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique">SNEP</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>137 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decade-end_charts">Decade-end charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bird_on_the_Wire&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Decade-end charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Decade-end chart performance for "Bird on the Wire" by The Neville Brothers </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1990–1999) </th> <th>Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada (<a href="/wiki/Nielsen_SoundScan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen SoundScan">Nielsen SoundScan</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>82 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bird_on_the_Wire&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 26,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Jam%21&rft.atitle=Top+100+singles+of+the+1990s&rft.aulast=Lwin&rft.aufirst=Nanda&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jamshowbiz.com%2FJamMusicCharts%2F100_1990.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABird+on+the+Wire" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bird_on_the_Wire&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMartina_Elicker1997" class="citation book cs1">Martina Elicker (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=79ViFrCj4sAC&pg=PA113"><i>Semiotics of Popular Music: The Theme of Loneliness in Mainstream Pop and Rock Songs</i></a>. Gunter Narr Verlag. pp. 113–. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-8233-4658-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-8233-4658-6"><bdi>978-3-8233-4658-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Semiotics+of+Popular+Music%3A+The+Theme+of+Loneliness+in+Mainstream+Pop+and+Rock+Songs&rft.pages=113-&rft.pub=Gunter+Narr+Verlag&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-3-8233-4658-6&rft.au=Martina+Elicker&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D79ViFrCj4sAC%26pg%3DPA113&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABird+on+the+Wire" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bird_on_the_Wire&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_No_Cure_for_Love" title="Ain't No Cure for Love">Ain't No Cure for Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Avalanche_(Leonard_Cohen_song)" title="Avalanche (Leonard Cohen song)">Avalanche</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bird on the Wire</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dance_Me_to_the_End_of_Love" title="Dance Me to the End of Love">Dance Me to the End of Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Everybody_Knows_(Leonard_Cohen_song)" title="Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen song)">Everybody Knows</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Famous_Blue_Raincoat" title="Famous Blue Raincoat">Famous Blue Raincoat</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/First_We_Take_Manhattan" title="First We Take Manhattan">First We Take Manhattan</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Gypsy%27s_Wife" title="The Gypsy's Wife">The Gypsy's Wife</a>"</li> <li>"<a 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Warnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perla_Batalla" title="Perla Batalla">Perla Batalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Christensen" title="Julie Christensen">Julie Christensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anjani" title="Anjani">Anjani</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Alert_(album)" title="Blue Alert (album)">Blue Alert</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Light" title="Alan Light">Alan Light</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Holy_or_the_Broken" title="The Holy or the Broken">The Holy or the Broken</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, 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Songs from the Deep South">Soul Deeper... Songs from the Deep South</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Double_Happiness_(album)" title="Double Happiness (album)">Double Happiness</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Out_in_the_Blue" title="Out in the Blue">Out in the Blue</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rhythm_and_the_Blues" title="The Rhythm and the Blues">The Rhythm and the Blues</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rage_and_Ruin" title="Rage and Ruin">Rage and Ruin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/30:30_Hindsight" title="30:30 Hindsight">30:30 Hindsight</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soul_Searchin%27_(Jimmy_Barnes_album)" title="Soul Searchin' (Jimmy Barnes album)">Soul Searchin'</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Och_Aye_the_G%27nu" title="Och Aye the G'nu">Och Aye the G'nu</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Criminal_Record" title="My Criminal Record">My Criminal Record</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Flesh_and_Blood_(Jimmy_Barnes_album)" title="Flesh and Blood (Jimmy Barnes album)">Flesh and 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Anthology</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Best_of_the_Soul_Years" title="Best of the Soul Years">Best of the Soul Years</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Memoirs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Working_Class_Boy_(memoir)" title="Working Class Boy (memoir)">Working Class Boy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Working_Class_Man_(memoir)" title="Working Class Man (memoir)">Working Class Man</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Working_Class_Boy_(film)" title="Working Class Boy (film)">Working Class Boy</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Working_Class_Boy_(soundtrack)" title="Working Class Boy (soundtrack)">Working Class Boy (soundtrack)</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/No_Second_Prize_(song)" title="No Second Prize (song)">No Second Prize</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Promise_Me_You%27ll_Call" title="Promise Me You'll Call">Promise Me You'll Call</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Daylight_(Jimmy_Barnes_song)" title="Daylight (Jimmy Barnes song)">Daylight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27d_Die_to_Be_with_You_Tonight" title="I'd Die to Be with You Tonight">I'd Die to Be with You Tonight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Working_Class_Man" title="Working Class Man">Working Class Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ride_the_Night_Away" title="Ride the Night Away">Ride the Night Away</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Good_Times_(The_Easybeats_song)" title="Good Times (The Easybeats song)">Good Times</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Too_Much_Ain%27t_Enough_Love" title="Too Much Ain't Enough Love">Too Much Ain't Enough Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Driving_Wheels" title="Driving Wheels">Driving Wheels</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Still_on_Your_Side" title="I'm Still on Your Side">I'm Still on Your Side</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Waitin%27_for_the_Heartache" title="Waitin' for the Heartache">Waitin' for the Heartache</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_a_Man_Loves_a_Woman_(song)" title="When a Man Loves a Woman (song)">When a Man Loves a Woman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Last_Frontier" title="Last Frontier">Last Frontier</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lay_Down_Your_Guns" title="Lay Down Your Guns">Lay Down Your Guns</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Make_It_Last_All_Night" title="Let's Make It Last All Night">Let's Make It Last All Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Little_Darling" title="Little Darling">Little Darling</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_Your_Love_is_Gone" title="When Your Love is Gone">When Your Love is Gone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Gotcha_(Joe_Tex_song)" title="I Gotcha (Joe Tex song)">I Gotcha</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_Something_Is_Wrong_with_My_Baby" title="When Something Is Wrong with My Baby">When Something Is Wrong with My Baby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_No_Mountain_High_Enough" title="Ain't No Mountain High Enough">Ain't No Mountain High Enough</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Best_(song)" title="The Best (song)">(Simply) The Best</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sweat_It_Out_(Jimmy_Barnes_song)" title="Sweat It Out (Jimmy Barnes song)">Sweat It Out</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stand_Up_(Jimmy_Barnes_song)" title="Stand Up (Jimmy Barnes song)">Stand Up</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_(Jimmy_Barnes_song)" title="Stone Cold (Jimmy Barnes song)">Stone Cold</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Right_by_Your_Side_(Jimmy_Barnes_song)" title="Right by Your Side 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