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Little Bird (Annie Lennox song)

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Released
  
1993

Writer(s)
  
Annie Lennox

A-side
  
"Love Song for a Vampire"

Format
  
CD single, 7 inch and cassette single

Length
  
4:48 (Album Version) 4:32 (Edit)

Label
  
BMG Columbia Records Arista Records (US)

"Little Bird" is a song composed and recorded by the Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox. Taken from her debut solo album, Diva (1992), it was released in 1993 as a double A-side with "Love Song for a Vampire" (which appeared on the soundtrack for the Francis Ford Coppola film Bram Stoker's Dracula). The single peaked at number 3 in the UK.

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Lennox performed "Little Bird" during the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London on 12 Aug 2012. A live version was played in the end credits to The Sopranos episode "Eloise". The song was also featured in the film Striptease.

Music video

The music video features several Lennox lookalikes dressed as the many different personas that Lennox has used in her videos (both solo and as part of Eurythmics) over the past decade as they perform with Lennox herself in a Cabaret-esque setting. The music videos referenced by the personas include:

  • "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
  • "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)"
  • "Thorn in My Side"
  • "Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)"
  • "I Need a Man"
  • "Why"
  • "Walking on Broken Glass"
  • The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

    • Lennox was in late stages of pregnancy with her second daughter Tali during the filming of the video.

    Track listing

    All tracks written by Annie Lennox, unless otherwise noted.

    CD - Arista (US)
    1. "Little Bird (Edit)" - 4:32
    2. "Love Song for a Vampire" (from Bram Stoker's Dracula) - 4:16
    3. "Why" - 5:04 *
    4. "The Gift" (Lennox/Buchanan, Bell, Moore) - 4:36 *
    5. "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart" (Lennox/Stewart) - 4:06 *
  • The final three tracks were recorded live for MTV Unplugged at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, 3 July 1992.
    • CD - BMG (UK)
    1. "Little Bird" - 4:39
    2. "Love Song for a Vampire (From Bram Stoker's Dracula)" - 4:17
    3. "Little Bird (Utah Saints Version)" - 6:35
    4. "Little Bird (N-Joi Version)" - 4:46
    12" - Arista (US)
    1. "Little Bird (House of Gypsies Version)" - 6:59
    2. "Little Bird (House of Gypsies Radio Version)" - 4:18
    3. "Little Bird (House of Annie Version)" - 4:19
    4. "Little Bird (Single Version)" - 4:32
    5. "Little Bird (Utah Saints Version)" - 6:38
    6. "Little Bird (N-Joi Version)" - 4:52
  • House of Gypsies mixes by Todd Terry

    • Note

    In Europe and Australasia, "Little Bird" was released as a double A-side single with "Love Song for a Vampire".

    References

    Little Bird (Annie Lennox song) Wikipedia
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