Songbird (Bernard Fanning song)
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| Song by Fleetwood Mac | |
| from the album Rumours | |
| Released | February 1977 |
| Recorded | March 3, 1976, Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley, California |
| Genre | Easy Listening |
| Length | 3:20 |
| Label | Warner Bros. |
| Songwriter(s) | Christine McVie |
| Producer(s) | Fleetwood Mac, Ken Caillat, Richard Dashut |
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11 tracks
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| "Songbird" | ||||
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| Single by Bernard Fanning | ||||
| from the album Tea & Sympathy | ||||
| Released | 2005 | |||
| Format | Digital download | |||
| Recorded | Real World Studios | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:36 | |||
| Label | Dew Process | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Christine McVie | |||
| Producer(s) | Tchad Blake & Bernard Fanning | |||
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"Songbird" is a popular song by 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" is the second single from Bernard Fanning's solo debut album Tea & Sympathy, released in 2005. It reached #11 on National Airplay Charts in January 2006, and was #14 on Triple J Hottest 100 in 2005. The single was not released as a CD single, alike Fanning's prior single "Wish You Well."
The song was recorded in the first set of sessions for Tea & Sympathy in Peter Gabriel's Bath studio Real World Studios in mid-2005. The song features multi-instrumentalist John Bedggood on violin.
The music video for "Songbird" was filmed by Head Pictures who previously worked with Fanning on his prior single "Wish You Well" .
Set in a grand Queensland house, the music clip features Fanning playing an acoustic guitar and singing the song facing the camera. Fanning spins on the spot while the camera films the song, however there are several cuts of him doing this in differently coloured rooms with Fanning wearing different clothing in each cut, however assuming the same position from the prior shot, blending each shot seamlessly. Each shot usually lasts about 1–5 seconds, though there are some faster transitions providing a speedy shutter effect.
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. "Songbird" finally charted in the UK in September 2009 at number 56, after a contestant (Shanna Goodhead) performed the song on The X Factor.
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