I'm like a Bird

Infobox Single
Name = I'm Like a Bird


Artist = Nelly Furtado
from Album = Whoa, Nelly!
B-side = "I Feel You"
"Party (Reprise)"
"My Love Grows Deeper"
Released = flagicon|US 2000
flagicon|Canada November 28, 2000
flagicon|Europe February 19, 2001
flagicon|UK February 26, 2001
Format = CD single, digital download, maxi single, 12" single
Recorded = 2000
Genre = Pop rock
Length = 4:03
Label = DreamWorks
Writer = Nelly Furtado
Producer = Gerald Eaton, Brian West
Certification = 2x platinum [ [http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2001.htm ARIA Accreditations] ]
Last single = "Party's Just Begun (Again)"
(2000)
This single = "I'm like a Bird"
(2000)
Next single = "Turn off the Light"
(2001)
Misc = Extra album cover


Upper caption = Alternate cover
Lower caption = "I'm Like a Bird"/"Party (Reprise)" double a-side coverAudiosample
Upper caption = Music sample
Name = I'm Like a Bird
Audio file= I'm Like a Bird sample.ogg

"I'm Like a Bird" is a song written by Canadian singer Nelly Furtado, and produced by Gerald Eaton and Brian West for her first album "Whoa, Nelly!" (2000). It was one of the year's critically acclaimed songs and widely considered as Furtado's signature song. Furtado said that "I'm like a Bird" is her favourite song: "There's a simplicity about it that I love", she explained. "It's my freedom song."

It was one of the most successful singles of 2001, reaching number one in Canada and Brazil, number two in Australia and New Zealand, number five in the UK, and number nine in the United States. It peaked at 9 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and won both a 2001 Juno Award for "Single of Year" and a 2002 Grammy for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance."

The song was covered by the band Element 101, whose version appears on the compilation album "Punk Goes Pop" (2002). 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!". [de Silverio, Victoria. [http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1968 "Nelly Furtado: Free As A Bird"] . "Blender". July 2006. Retrieved September 18 2006.]

Music and structure

"I'm like a Bird" is composed in common time in the key of B♭ major.Sheet music for "I'm Like a Bird". Nelstar Publishing. 2001.] The song moves at 90 beats per minute, and Furtado's voice spans around an octave and a half, from F₃ to B♭₄. It is written in verse-chorus form, with a bridge before the second chorus.

Music video

The music video for "I'm Like a Bird" was directed by Francis Lawrence. [ [http://www.methodstudios.com/project/243.html Method Studios - Nelly Furtado "I'm Like a Bird" ] ]

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 the tree stem in mid-air. In the chorus she gets up and she 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 stem. At the bridge she is singing to a bug while her eyes are changing color. The conclusion of the video shows her on a branch and she falls backwards into a mosh-pit of people as she sings the lines of the song.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "I'm like a Bird.";Canadian CD single
#"I'm like a Bird" (Non-LP Version) - 4:03
#"Party (Reprise)" (Non-LP Version) - 4:55

;European CD maxi-single
#"I'm like a Bird" (LP version) - 4:03
#"Party (Reprise)" (non-LP version) - 4:55
#"I Feel You" (featuring Esthero) - 4:08
#"My Love Grows Deeper" (non-LP version) - 4:54;European promo CD
#"I'm like a Bird" (radio promo) - 4:02

;UK CD Single
#"I'm like a Bird" (LP version) - 4:03
#"Party (Reprise)" (non-LP version) - 4:55
#"I Feel You" (featuring Esthero) - 4:08
#"I'm like a Bird" (music video)

Remixes

* I'm Like a Bird (Junior Vasquez Club Anthem Remix) (10:21)
* I'm Like a Bird (Junior Vasquez Club Anthem Padapella) (9:12)
* I'm Like a Bird (Junior Vasquez Earth Anthem Radio Mix) (6:30)
* I'm Like a Bird (Gavo's Martini Bar Mix) (6:56)
* I'm Like a Bird (Moon Mix) (4:27)
* I'm Like a Bird (Tara Remix)
* I'm Like a Bird (F Man Remix)
* I'm Like a Bird (Bubbling Reggae Remix)
* I'm Like a Bird (Digital Cutup Lounge Remix, vs. Asha Bhonsle) (5:33)
* I'm Like a Bird (Live Remix Version in the "Get Loose Tour") (5:51)

Other versions

* I'm Like a Bird (Radio Promo) (4:02)
* I'm Like a Bird (LP Version) (4:04)
* I'm Like a Bird (Acoustic Version) (4:29)
* I'm Like a Bird (Piano Version)
* I'm Like a Bird (Karaoke Version)
* I'm Like a Bird (Instrumental Version)
* I'm Like a Bird (Element Punk Goes Cover)

Charts

References

External links

*Youtube|k12ZybN8vfc|"I'm like a Bird" music video