Wings (Birdy song)

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"Wings"
Birdy-Wings.png
Single by Birdy
from the album Fire Within
Released29 July 2013 (2013-07-29) [1]
Length
  • 4:12 (album version)
  • 3:49 (radio edit)
  • 3:42 (acoustic version)
  • 4:25 (music video)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Birdy singles chronology
"1901"
(2012)		"Wings"
(2013)		"No Angel"
(2013)
Music video
"Wings" (Official Music video) on YouTube

"Wings" is a song by English musician Birdy. The song was released as a digital download on 29 July 2013 and in the United Kingdom on 8 September 2013 as the lead single from her second studio album, Fire Within (2013). A remix by Nu:Logic was later released on 27 January 2014 as part of the "Hospital: We Are 18" LP from Hospital Records . [2] The song peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart, making it her highest-charting single to date and her only top-ten single. [3] It also reached number one in Ireland, becoming her sole top-ten single there as well, [4] and peaked within the top three of five other countries.

Contents

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Wings" was first released onto YouTube on 2 August 2013 at a total length of four minutes and twenty-five seconds. [5] The video shows Birdy with guests at a flamboyant mansion party, complete with masks, fencing and horses. [6] It was directed by Sophie Muller. [7]

Track listings

Digital download [1]
No.TitleLength
1."Wings"4:12
German, Swiss, and Austrian CD single [8]
No.TitleLength
1."Wings"4:12
2."People Help the People" (live from Sydney Opera House, April 2013)4:27

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [34] 2× Platinum140,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria) [35] Platinum30,000*
Belgium (BEA) [36] Gold15,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [37] Gold45,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [38] 3× Gold450,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [39] Platinum30,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [40] Platinum60,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [41] Platinum30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [42] 2× Platinum1,200,000‡
Streaming
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [43] Gold4,000,000†

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

The song was featured in trailers for Winter's Tale , Labor Day , the season three finale of Game of Thrones , the season five finale of The Vampire Diaries and one episode of Catfish: The TV Show . In 2015, it was also used as the soundtrack of the Lloyds Horse Story 250 year anniversary advert, resulting in its return to the UK Singles Chart, reaching a new peak of number 8. Birdy performed the song at the 2016 BBC Festival of Remembrance. The song was covered by British rock band Nothing But Thieves for the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge series.

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