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'Songbird' | ||||
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Single by Fleetwood Mac | ||||
from the album Rumours | ||||
A-side | 'Dreams' | |||
Released | February 1977 | |||
Recorded | March 3-4 1976 | |||
Studio | Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley, California | |||
Genre | Soft rock | |||
Length | 3:20 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | Christine McVie | |||
Producer(s) | Fleetwood Mac, Ken Caillat, Richard Dashut | |||
Fleetwood Mac US singles chronology | ||||
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Fleetwood Mac UK singles chronology | ||||
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Rumours track listing | ||||
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'Songbird' is a popular song by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. It first appeared on the 1977 album Rumours and was released as the B-side of the single 'Dreams'. It is one of four songs written solely by Christine McVie on the album. She would frequently sing the song at concerts.
Songbird for Mac is a very popular open source audio and media player that managed to achieve significant popularity from the moment it appeared on the market in February of 2006. It continued to grow and expand its capabilities for years to come, led by the developers in the studio named “Pioneers of the Inevitable“, managing to become one of the most fully-featured and capable audio playback. Songbird was an open-source customizable music player that is now dead. It is based on the Mozilla platform and the ability to customize the program is huge. Its successor is Nightingale.
Background[edit]
The song came to McVie as the band was finishing up a recording session at the Sausalito Record Plant.[1] She wrote the song in half an hour around midnight, but didn't have anyone around to record it. To ensure she did not forget the chord structure and melody, she remained awake the entire night.[2]
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Producer Ken Caillat loved the track and suggested she record it alone in a concert style approach. Their first venue of choice, the Berkeley Community Theatre, was unavailable, so the band instead booked the Zellerbach Auditorium for March 3, 1976.[3] To create the appropriate ambience, Caillat ordered a bouquet of flowers to place on her piano. He then requested three spotlights to illuminate the flowers from above. When McVie arrived at the auditorium, the house lights were dimmed so her attention was immediately brought to the illuminated flowers on the piano.[4]
15 microphones were placed around the auditorium to capture the performance.[3] The recording session went into the next morning due to the difficulty of recording the song live in one take.[4] Lindsey Buckingham strummed an acoustic guitar offstage to keep the tempo.
Personnel[edit]
- Christine McVie – piano, vocals
- Lindsey Buckingham – acoustic guitar
Certifications[edit]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[5] | Silver | 200,000 |
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone |
Cover versions[edit]
Eva Cassidy version[edit]
Eva Cassidy's version was released in 1998 on her posthumous compilation album of the same name Songbird. Despite being released two years after her death from melanoma, the album eventually reached number 1 in the UK in 2001.[6] 'Songbird' finally charted in the UK in September 2009 at number 56, after a contestant (Shanna Goodhead) performed the song on The X Factor.
Certifications[edit]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[7] | Silver | 200,000 |
*sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone |
Willie Nelson covered 'Songbird' on his own 2006 album Songbird, making it the second album to be named after the song. The album peaked at #87 on the Billboard 200.
John Frusciante covered 'Songbird' at several Red Hot Chili Peppers concerts during 2007.
Glee covered 'Songbird' in the episode 'Rumours', with Santana Lopez (Naya Rivera) performing the song.
New Zealand pop opera trio Sole Mio covered 'Songbird' on their 2013 self-titled debut album.
References[edit]
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- ^'Ken Caillat Revisits Rumours'. GRAMMY.com. 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
- ^'Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie Talk Duets Album'. PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
- ^ abBosso, Joe (February 7, 2012). 'Fleetwood Mac's classic album Rumours track-by-track: Songbird'. MusicRadar. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ^ abRuntagh, Jordan (February 3, 2017). 'Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours': 10 Things You Didn't Know'. Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ^'British single certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Songbird'. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 May 2019.Select singles in the Format field.Select Silver in the Certification field.Type Songbird in the 'Search BPI Awards' field and then press Enter.
- ^The Official UK Albums Chart Top 75, August 25, 2001. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
- ^'British single certifications – Eva Cassidy – Songbird'. British Phonographic Industry.
External links[edit]
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- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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SONGBIRD es una canción de Fleetwood Mac que se estrenó el , este tema está incluido dentro del disco Rumours.
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'Songbird'
For you......
there'll be no more crying.
for you......
the sun will be shining.
and i feel that when i'm with you,
it's alright...
i know it's right.
To you.......
i'll give the world.
to you.......
i'll never be cold.
cause i feel that when i'm with you,
it's alright...
i know it's right.
..and the songbirds are singing, like they know the score.
..and i love you, i love you, i love you..
like never before.
And i wish you all the love in the world.
but most of all, i wish it from myself.
..and the songbirds keep singing, like they know the score
..and i love you, i love you, i love you..
like never before.
like never before.
like never before.
fuente: musica.comthere'll be no more crying.
for you......
the sun will be shining.
and i feel that when i'm with you,
it's alright...
i know it's right.
To you.......
i'll give the world.
to you.......
i'll never be cold.
cause i feel that when i'm with you,
it's alright...
i know it's right.
..and the songbirds are singing, like they know the score.
..and i love you, i love you, i love you..
like never before.
And i wish you all the love in the world.
but most of all, i wish it from myself.
..and the songbirds keep singing, like they know the score
..and i love you, i love you, i love you..
like never before.
like never before.
like never before.
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