Song · Nelly Furtado
“I'm Like A Bird” by Nelly Furtado
From the album Whoa, Nelly! (2000)
“I'm Like A Bird” by Nelly Furtado appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2000 and 2001. It was first released in 2000 on the album Whoa, Nelly!. Its best result is #19 on the G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #216 alternative song of 2001 and #4,948 alternative song of all time.
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"I'm Like a Bird" was the first single from Whoa, Nelly!, Nelly Furtado's 2000 debut, and the song that broke the Canadian singer-songwriter worldwide the following year. She wrote it mostly on guitar in one quick, lucky burst while living alone in Los Angeles, working through her first serious relationship and the loneliness and doubt that came with it. Gerald Eaton and Brian West produced it, with Mike Elizondo on bass, Russ Miller on drums, Allan Molnar on vibraphone and West on guitar synth.
It wasn't even her first pick for a single, yet it climbed to number nine on the Billboard Hot 100, hit number one in Portugal, and won her the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and the Juno for Single of the Year. Francis Lawrence's video floats her through computer-made birds and trees before dropping her into a crowd.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 68 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2000 | 89 |
| 2001 | 19 | WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 185 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
Also listed as: I'm Like a Bird.
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