Bruce Cockburn Pages: Important Stuff - Bruce Cockburn Singles

This is a fairly incomplete listing of singles, EPs and mini-albums and does not represent the entire Bruce Cockburn singles collection. Most of the singles listed below are out of print, however they can be found in second hand and specialty record stores.

Love's Made a Fool of You/Summertime

Artist: The Esquires (includes Bruce Cockburn)
Released: 1965
7-inch: Capital ???

Going to the Country/Thoughts on a Rainy Afternoon

Released: 1970
7-inch: True North TN-100

Musical Friends/Keep it Open

Released: 1970
7-inch: True North TN-103

One Day I Walk

Released: 1971
7-inch: True North TN-???

Up on the Hillside/Feet Fall on the Road

Released: 1971
7-inch: True North TN-112

It's Going Down Slow/Morning Hymn

Released: 1972
7-inch: True North TN-???

Note:

This B-side is not found on any album.

Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long

Released: 1973
7-inch: True North TN-???

All the Diamonds

Released: 1974
7-inch: True North TN-???

Burn/Burn

Released: 1975
7-inch: True North TN-127

Note:

DJ promotional release.

Burn/Music for a Lunar Eclipse

Released: 1975
7-inch: True North TN4-127

Note:

This version of Burn has a fade out at the end, like on the US LP version of Waiting for a Miracle (but not so on CD version). The B-side of the single is not found on any album.

Silver Wheels

Released: 1975
7-inch: True North TN-???

I'm Gonna Fly Some Day

Released: 1975
7-inch: True North TN-???

Vagabondage

Released: 1976
7-inch: True North TN-???

Free to Be

Released: 1977
7-inch: True North TN-???

Laughter

Released: 1978
7-inch: True North TN-???

Wondering Where the Lions Are/After the Rain

Released: 1979
7-inch: True North TN-???

Prenons la Mer

Released: 1979
7-inch: True North TN-???

Wondering Where the Lions Are/Same

Released: 1980
7-inch: Millenium 11786

Note:

Note: This is a non-commercial recording intended for radio station broadcast.

Wondering Where the Lions Are/After the Rain

Released: 1980
7-inch: Millenium 11786

Wondering Where the Lions Are/After the Rain

Released: 1980
7-inch: RCA 103543 (Australia)

Fascist Architecture

Released: 1980
7-inch: True North TN-???

Selected Cuts from 1980 U.S. Tour

Released: 1980
EP: Millennium

     4 tunes.

Note:

Note: This is a non-commercial recording intended for radio station broadcast.

Tokyo

Released: 1980
7-inch: True North TN-???

Tokyo (stereo)/Tokyo (mono)

Released: 1980
7-inch: Millenium 11798

Note:

DJ release.

Rumours of Glory

Released: 1980
7-inch: True North TN-???

Rumours of Glory/You Get Bigger As You Go

Released: 1981
7-inch: RCA 103723 (Australia)

Radio Shoes

Released: 1981
12-inch: Millenium 11822

Note:

DJ release. Get Smart back picture cover (right, above). No B-side (blank unpressed vinyl).

I Wanna Go Walking/Radio Shoes

Released: 1981
7-inch: True North TN-166

You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance/The Light Goes on Forever

Released: 1981
7-inch: True North TN-168

Note:

Picture sleeve. The B-side has never been released on an album.

Coldest Night of the Year/If the Wind Could Blow My Blues Away

Released: 1981
7-inch: True North TN-1091

Note:

Bruce Cockburn on A-side; Murray McLauchlan on B-side.

Coldest Night of the Year (stereo)/Coldest Night of the Year (mono)

Released: 1981
7-inch: Millennium 11806

Note:

DJ release.

The Trouble with Nornal/Cala Luna

Released: 1983?
7-inch: True North TN-178

Note:

The B-side can only be found on German version and the Canadian cassette version of the album The Trouble with Normal. Bruce and Bernie report that they simply forgot to include "Cala Luna" on the re-released versions of The Trouble with Normal.

Waiting for the Moon/Planet of the Clowns

Released: 1983
7-inch: Big Time BTS-1069 (Australia)

The Trouble with Nornal/Tropic Moon

Released: 1983?
12-inch: True North TN-180

Note:

Promotional release.

Candy Man's Gone/???

Released: 1983
7-inch: Big Time BTS-??? (Australia)

Tropic Moon/The Candy Man's Gone

Released: 1984
7-inch: True North TN-182

Lovers in a Dangerous Time/Sahara Gold

Released: 1984
7-inch: True North TN-189

Making Contact/Nicaragua

Released: 1984
7-inch: True North TN-190

If I Had a Rocket Launcher/Maybe the Poet

Released: 1984
7-inch: True North TN-193

Nicaragua/Lovers in a Dangerous Time

Released: 1984
12-inch: Gold Mountain 81209

Note:

DJ release.

Lovers in a Dangerous Time/Nicaragua

Released: 1984
7-inch: Big Time BTS-1228 (Australia)

Lovers in a Dangerous Time/Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Live)

Released: 1984
12-inch: Gold Mountain 81210

Note:

DJ release. The B-side was taken from the King Biscuit Flower Radio Hour.

Lovers in a Dangerous Time/Lovers in a Dangerous Time

Released: 1984
7-inch: Gold Mountain 82009

If I Had a Rocket Launcher/Nicaragua

Released: 1984
7-inch: Gold Mountain 820013

Making Contact/Dust and Diesel

Released: 1984
7-inch: Big Time BTS-1354 (Australia)

Call it Democracy/Call it Democracy

Released: 1984
12-inch: Gold Mountain 17139; MCA 5605

Note:

DJ release. "...flying fuck..." has been censored out on the b-side. Picture sleeve.

Making Contact

Released: 1984
7-inch: True North TN-???

If I Had a Rocket Launcher/Sahara Gold

Released: 1985
7-inch: Big Time BTS-1423 (Australia)

See How I Miss You/See How I Miss You

Released: 1985
12-inch: Gold Mountain 17182

Note:

DJ release.

People See Through You/People See Through You

Released: 1985
12-inch: Gold Mountain 17203; MCA 6185

Note:

DJ release.

People See Through You/Santiago Dawn

Released: 1985
7-inch: Big Time BTS-1752

Peggy's Kitchen Wall

Released: 1985
7-inch: True North TN-???

People See Through You

Released: 1986
7-inch: True North TN-???

Call it Democracy

Released: 1986
7-inch: True North TN-???

See How I Miss You/Berlin Tonight

Released: 1986
7-inch: True North TN-209

Note:

Picture sleeve.

Waiting for a Miracle/Vagabondage

Released: 1986
7-inch: True North TN-210

Note:

Picture sleeve.

Stolen Land

Released: 1987
7-inch: True North TN-????

Don't Feel Your Touch

Released: 1989
7-inch: True North TN-????

Don't Feel Your Touch/Where the Death Squad Lives

Released: 1989
7-inch: Liberation 102083 (Australia)

If a Tree Falls

Released: 1989
7-inch: True North TN-????

If a Tree Falls/If a Tree Falls (edit)

Released: 1989
CD Single: True North CDNK-446

Note:

Green disk with silver trees. Promotional release.

If a Tree Falls/If a Tree Falls (edit)

Released: 1989
CD Single: Gold Castle ???

Note:

Promotional release.

If a Tree Falls/Understannding Nothing

Released: 1989
7-inch: Liberation LS-2072 (Australia)

Note:

Picture sleeve.

Shipwrecked at the Stable Door/Gospel of Bondage

Released: 1989
7-inch: True North TN-???; Cooking Vinyl (?, U.K.)

Note:

Green vinyl on UK release.

Shipwrecked at the Stable Door/Anything Can Happen

Released: 1989
CD Single: True North TN-492

Live

Released: 1989
CD Single: Indisc DICD 8045 (Netherlands)
Tunes:

     If I Had a Rocket Launcher (5:24)
     Tibetan Side of Town (6:08)
     Shipwrecked at the Stable Door (3:54)

Note:

Promotional release. Live sessions from the "2 Meter Recoding Sessies." If I Had a Rocket Launcher appears on the CD 2 Meter Sessies; the other two recordings are not found anywhere else.

Dream Like Mine

Released: 1991
CD Single: Columbia CSK 4192 Tunes:

     Dream Like Mine (3:53)

Dream Like Mine

Released: 1991
7-inch: True North TN-???

Dream Like Mine

Released: 1991
CD Single: ???
Tunes:

     Dream Like Mine (recording time unknown)
     Two other tunes.

Dream Like Mine

Released: 1991
CD Single: Liberation D-11169 (Australia)
Tunes:

     Dream Like Mine (recording time unknown)
     When It's Gone, It's Gone (recording time unknown)

Mighty Trucks of Midnight

Released: 1992
7-inch: True North TN-???

Somebody Touched Me

Released: 1992
7-inch: True North TN-???

Great Big Love

Released: 1992
7-inch: True North TN-???

Great Big Love

Released: 1992
CD Single: Columbia CSK 4413; Columbia 658007-2
Tunes:

     Great Big Love (remix) (4:00)
     Great Big Love (rock mix) (4:00)
     Great Big Love (long rock mix) (5:00)

Note:

DJ release.

Selections from Christmas

Released: 1993
CD Single: Columbia CSK 5525

     Adeste Fidelis (0:53)
     Mary Had a Baby (4:41)
     God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (2:51)
     I Saw Three Ships (4:17)
     Shepherds (2:50)
     O Little Town of Bethlehem (3:37)
     Go Tell It On The Mountain (3:10)
     Joy to the World (0:45)

Note:

Promotional sampler from Christmas. There is another similar CD titled "Christmas Sampler" (1995?) with only five songs.

Les Anges Dans Nos Compagnes

Released: 1993?
CD Single: True North CDNK-899

Note:

French language release.

Mary Had a Baby

Released: 1994
7-inch: True North TN-???

Listen for the Laugh

Released: 1994
7-inch: True North TN-???

Listen for the Laugh

Released: 1994
CD Single: Columbia CSK 5671; Columbia 660260-2 (Australia)

     Listen for the Laugh (4:06)
     Listen for the Laugh (edit) (3:52)
     Burden of the Angel/Beast (6:30)
     Southland of the Heart (4:46)
     Tie Me At The Crossroads (2:45)

Southland of the Heart

Released: 1994
CD Single: Columbia CSK 6133

     Southland of the Heart (edit) (4:25)
     Southland of the Heart (4:48)

Scanning These Crowds

Released: 1994
7-inch: True North TN-???

Burden of the Angel/Beast

Released: 1994
CD Single: Columbia CSK 6134
Tunes:

     Burden of the Angel/Beast (6:28)
     Scanning These Crowds (3:47)
     If I Had a Rocket Launcher (live) (4:55)

Note:

The performance of "If I Had a Rocket Launcher" is the same as on the CD ONXRT Vol. 2 (1994, Chicago House 83333 00022).

Closer to the Light

Released: 1994
CD Single: Myrrh 901287629X
Tunes:

     Closer to the Light (4:11)

Someone I Used to Love

Released: 1995
7-inch: True North TN-???

Christmas Sampler

Released: 1994
CD Single: Columbia CSK 6649

     Joy to the World (0:45)
     Mary Had a Baby (4:41)
     I Saw Three Ships (4:17)
     God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (2:51)
     Lord of the Starfields (live) (3:24)

Note:

Sampler from Christmas. The song "Lord of the Starfields" is the same recording as from Columbia Records Radio Hour, Vol. 1. There is another CD titled "Selections from Christmas" (1993) with eight songs.

Night Train

Released: 1997
CD Single: Rykodisc VKCD 0366

     Night Train (radio edit) (4:31)
     Night Train (album version) (6:14)

Note:

Promotional release.

Pacing the Cage

Released: 1997
CD Single: Rykodisc VRCD 2366

     Pacing the Cage (4:38)
     Pacing the Cage (live) (4:28)
     Night Train (live) (5:30)

Note:

Promotional release. Pacing the Cage and Night Train (live versions) are from the Tongue and Groove radio interview.

The Whole Night Sky

Released: 1997
CD Single: Festival PRD97/02 (Australia)

     The Whole Night Sky (3:53)
     The Coming Rains (4:46)
     Mistress of the [sic] Storms (6:09)

Note:

Promotional release. Back to top of singles

The Whole Night Sky

Released: 1997
CD Single: VRCD 3366

     The Whole Night Sky (3:53)
     Mighty Trucks of Midnight (5:30)
     Wondering Where the Lions Are (5:19)

Note:

Promotional release. Mighty Trucks of Midnight is from a radio interview at WFUV. Wondering Where the Lions Are is from the Live album.

Fascist Architecture

Released: 1997
CD Single: Rykodisc/True North

     Fascist Architecture (2:46)

Note:

Promotional release (from the CD You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance - Live). Recorded live May 3, 1997, at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, WI.

Last updated: November 13, 1997