VBirds

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VBirds
Origin United Kingdom
Genres
Years active2002 (2002)–2003
Labels Cartoon Network Music
EMI
Liberty Records
Mattel
Past membersWow
Boom
D:Lin
Bling

VBirds were a British virtual girl group, created in 2002 by a team of designers, producers and musicians. An animated television series of the same name, consisting of six one-minute episodes, aired on Cartoon Network between long-form programming. The band's only single, "Virtuality", was released on Liberty Records and reached No. 21 in the UK Singles Chart in early 2003. [1] A spin-off series of dance tutorials, VBirds: Perfect, [2] aired in 2003. Despite its success as a promotional tool to keep young viewers watching during ad breaks,[ citation needed ] no further singles were released.

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The band's backstory revolved around them being exiled from their home planet of Planet V by its ruler, King He:Lin, for refusing to participate in the dance farms on their planet. They were shrunk down in size and put into a dance machine which was launched from the planet down to Earth, so the humans could play with them as long as they wanted. The story concluded with He:Lin's echoing words "Enjoy yourselves while you can, VBirds. For you will never escape your dance machine prison!"

The VBirds were interviewed on SMTV Live . In the interview, Bling and Wow compare their music to that of fellow girl groups Destiny's Child, Mis-Teeq and the Sugababes. [3]

Members

Single

"Virtuality"
Single by VBirds
B-side "Dance With Me"
Released2003 (2003)

"Virtuality" is the group's only single. It includes the B-side "Dance With Me", which samples the Woo! Yeah! portion of "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins and vocals from "Virtuality". A music video for "Virtuality" was also released and included in select versions of the CD single.

UK CD
No.TitleLength
1."Virtuality (Radio Edit)"3:40
2."Virtuality (Extended Video Edit)" 
3."Dance With Me"3:41
4."Virtuality (Slim Redz Planet V Mix)"3:43

Legacy

"Virtuality" is featured in Dancing Stage Fever .

References

  1. "V-BIRDS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. "Richard Kilgarriff on Twitter: "@PencilPerson Yes i did. I produced it."". twitter.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. "SMTV Live {VBirds Interview Episode} Excerpt". YouTube. 3 April 2016. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2020.