| "Hummingbird" | ||||
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| Single by Seals and Crofts | ||||
| from the album Summer Breeze | ||||
| B-side | "Say" | |||
| Released | January 1973 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jim Seals, Dash Crofts | |||
| Seals and Crofts singles chronology | ||||
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"Hummingbird" is a song by American soft rock duo Seals and Crofts, released as a single in 1973. It was the second single from their fourth studio album, Summer Breeze , the follow-up to the LP's title track.
The “hummingbird” in the song’s lyrics is a metaphor for Baha'u'llah, Prophet of the Baha'i Faith. The album version contains a prologue that is omitted from the shorter radio edit.
The song reached No. 20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [1] and number 15 on the Cash Box Top 100. [2] "Hummingbird" was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number 12 on the U.S. chart [3] and number three in Canada. [4]
Harvey Brooks played bass on this song and talks about it in this interview for No Treble. [5]
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