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Bluebird (Anne Murray song)

Summary

"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]

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

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 RPM100 Country Tracks chart in March 1991.[10]

Charts edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2009). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005. NYC: Crown Publishing. p. 265. ISBN 978-0898201772.
  2. ^ a b Powell River Living October 2016 p. 30
  3. ^ "RPM Country 50 Singles" (PDF). Collectionscanada.gc.ca. April 11, 1981. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  4. ^ "LIVE & LOCAL: 'Labour of love' for Timewalkers foursome (With video)". Archived from the original on 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  5. ^ "Timewalkers take note of a good song for Dream Café - Penticton News". Archived from the original on 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  6. ^ a b """Snowbird"" Songbird at Symphony Hall". Deseret News. 28 September 1990.
  7. ^ "Canadian Anne Murray Performs Hit After Hit for Adoring Utah Fans". Deseret News. 3 October 1990.
  8. ^ Billboard vol 102 #46 (17 November 1990) p. 77
  9. ^ "Anne Murray Songs • Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Musicvf.com.
  10. ^ "RPM 100 Country Tracks" (PDF). Collectionscanada.gc.ca. March 16, 1981. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  11. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1466." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. March 16, 1991. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  12. ^ "Anne Murray Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  13. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved November 16, 2013.