Song · Annie Lennox
“Little Bird” by Annie Lennox
From the album Diva (1992)
“Little Bird” by Annie Lennox appears on 9 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1994 and 2005. It was first released in 1992 on the album Diva. Its best result is #313 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,890 alternative song of all time.
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"Little Bird" comes from Diva, Annie Lennox's 1992 debut solo album, and it's one she wrote on her own. Stephen Lipson produced it with Heff Moraes engineering, and it flutters and pulses like a dance record with something serious on its mind, Lennox's voice soaring over the beat with all the old control and none of the reserve.
In Britain, Ireland and much of Europe it was paired as a double A-side with "Love Song for a Vampire" from Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula; elsewhere it stood alone. Sophie Muller's video surrounded Lennox with eight lookalikes. The song kept turning up afterwards: Demi Moore danced to it in Striptease, a live version closed a Sopranos episode, and Lennox sang it at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 318 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) | 500 |
| 1996 | 313 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) | 498 |
| 1999 | 787 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 838 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 844 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 844 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 842 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 842 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 842 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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