I'm Like a Bird

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other "I'm Like a Bird" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. It was written by Furtado and produced by Gerald Eaton and Brian West for her debut studio album, Whoa, Nelly! (2000). Released as the album's first single on September 25, 2000, it became a worldwide hit the following year, peaking at number one in Portugal, number two in Australia and New Zealand, number five in the United Kingdom, and number nine in the United States. It was the eighth-most-played song on Canadian radio in 2001.

In 2002, "I'm Like a Bird" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year[1] and won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.[2] It also won the Juno Award for Single of the Year in 2001.[3]

Composition

"I'm Like a Bird" is composed common time in the key of B♭ major.[4] The song moves at 90 beats per minute, and Furtado's voice spans around two octaves, from F3 to F5.[4] It is written in verse-chorus form, with a bridge before the third chorus.[4]

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!".[5]

Music video

The music video for "I'm Like a Bird" was directed by Francis Lawrence, and features heavy use of CGI.[6] 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

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Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the Whoa, Nelly! album booklet.[7]

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)

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Release history

Release dates and formats for "I'm Like a Bird"
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United States September 25, 2000 Template:Hlist DreamWorks [32]
September 26, 2000 Contemporary hit radio [32][33]
Australia February 19, 2001 CD single [34]
United Kingdom February 26, 2001 Polydor [35]
Germany March 5, 2001 Universal [36]

Notes

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  4. ↑ a b c Sheet music for "I'm Like a Bird". Nelstar Publishing. 2001.
  5. ↑ de Silverio, Victoria. "Nelly Furtado: Free As A Bird" Template:Webarchive. Blender. July 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2006.
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