Bluebird (Anne Murray song)

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"Bluebird"
Single by Anne Murray
from the album You Will
ReleasedNovember 1990
Genre Country
Length3:34
Label Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s) Ron Irving
Producer(s) Jerry Crutchfield
Anne Murray singles chronology
"Feed This Fire"
(1990)
"Bluebird"
(1990)
"New Way Out"
(1991)

"Bluebird" is a song recorded by Canadian country pop singer Anne Murray for her 1990 album release You Will from which it was the second track sent for promotion to radio. [1]

The song had first been recorded by its composer Ron Irving in 1980 as "Bluebird Lullaby", [2] reaching number 28 on the RPM Country 50 Singles chart in March 1981: [3] Irving, a native of Powell River (BC) then playing guitar and singing in lower mainland clubs, had written the song to be performed at his wedding. [2] From 1985 Irving had fronted the group Bootleg whose 1988 self-titled album had included a remake of "Bluebird Lullaby": (quote Irving:) "My band had kind of run its course and was breaking up. Then I got the call that there was a song from our album that Anne [Murray] was going to record." [4] On the strength of Murray's recording "Bluebird Lullaby" (as "Bluebird") Irving would be signed as a staff writer at BMG Publishing Group. [5]

Murray would say of "Bluebird": "It had been twenty years since I did a bird song so I figured it was time for another" [6] - referencing her 1970 breakout hit "Snowbird". [6] Sung to a calypso arrangement, [7] [8] "Bluebird" would be the follow-up to Murray's Top Ten C&W hit "Feed This Fire", "Bluebird" would peak at number 39 on the Billboard C&W chart where Murray would subsequently have one final chart showing: "Everyday" (number 56, 1991). [9] "Bluebird" was more of a success in Canada, rising as high as number 3 on the RPM 100 Country Tracks chart in March 1991. [10]

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [11] 3
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [12] 39
Year-end chart (1991)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [13] 15

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