I'm Like a Bird
"I'm Like a Bird" | ||||
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Single by Nelly Furtado | ||||
from the album Whoa, Nelly! | ||||
Released | September 25, 2000 | |||
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Genre | Folk-pop[1] | |||
Length | 4:03 | |||
Label | DreamWorks | |||
Songwriter(s) | Nelly Furtado | |||
Producer(s) |
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Nelly Furtado singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"I'm Like a Bird" on YouTube |
"I'm Like a Bird" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter
In 2002, "I'm Like a Bird" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year[2] and won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.[3] It also won the Juno Award for Single of the Year in 2001.[4]
Composition
"I'm Like a Bird" is composed
Furtado's response
In 2006, Furtado said of the song, "I've heard it sung at karaoke or by cover bands and it was awesome — I was like, wow, I've got one of those songs. Somebody once called it a 'hairbrush song', one that girls and guys sing in front of the mirror with their hairbrush. I just think I'm lucky I have it — it's paying the bills!".[6]
Music video
The music video for "I'm Like a Bird" was directed by Francis Lawrence, and features heavy use of CGI.[7] The video begins in the sky where the camera slowly pans down onto Furtado, who is lying in the grass. It then shows her singing on a tree trunk in mid-air. In the chorus she gets up and starts singing to the camera while birds are flying around her. The second verse shows her sitting in mid-air in a forest, while singing to the camera. The chorus consists of flashes of Furtado singing in mid-air, again, while leaning on the tree trunk. During the bridge she is singing to a bug while her eyes change colour, which changes the bug's color accordingly. The conclusion of the video shows her falling backwards from a branch into a crowd as she sings the final chorus of the song. The last shot pans out to reveal a crowd of tens of thousands.
There was an edited version of the music video for European VH1, where some scenes were changed.
Track listings
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "I'm Like a Bird" (LP version) | 4:03 |
2. | "Party (Reprise)" (non-LP version) | 4:55 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "I'm Like a Bird" (LP version) | 4:02 |
2. | "Party (Reprise)" (non-LP version) | 4:53 |
3. | "My Love Grows Deeper" (non-LP version) | 4:54 |
4. | "I'm Like a Bird" (CD-ROM video) |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "I'm Like a Bird" (LP version) | |
2. | "Party (Reprise)" (non-LP version) | |
3. | "I Feel You" (featuring Esthero) | |
4. | "My Love Grows Deeper" (non-LP version) |
Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from the Whoa, Nelly! album booklet.[12]
Studios
- Recorded and engineered at The Gymnasium (Toronto, Canada) and Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, Los Angeles)
- Mixed at Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, Los Angeles)
- Mastered at Classic Sound (New York City)
Personnel
- Nelly Furtado – writing, lead vocals, background vocals, production
- Gerald Eaton – micro-synth guitar, programming, production
- Mike Elizondo – bass guitar
- Russ Miller – drums
- Allan Molnar – vibraphone
- Brian West– production, programming, recording, engineering
- Brad Haehnel – pepper shaker, mixing, recording, engineering
- John Knupp – second engineering
- Scott Hull – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[59] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada)[60] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[61] | Gold | 45,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[62] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[63] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label | Ref(s). |
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United States | September 25, 2000 |
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DreamWorks | [64] |
September 26, 2000 | Contemporary hit radio | [64][65] | ||
Australia | February 19, 2001 | CD single | [66] | |
United Kingdom | February 26, 2001 | Polydor | [67] | |
Germany | March 5, 2001 | Universal | [68] |
Notes
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