Bluebird (Anne Murray song)

1990 single by Anne Murray

"Bluebird"

Single by Anne Murray
from the album  You Will
Released| November 1990
Genre| Country
Length| 3:34
Label| Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)| Ron Irving
Producer(s)| Jerry Crutchfield
Anne Murray singles chronology
| "Feed This Fire"
(1990)  | "Bluebird"
(1990)  | "New Way Out"
(1991)

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"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]

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

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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[11] | 3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[12] | 39
Year-end chart (1991)  | Position

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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.

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Studio albums|

* What About Me
* This Way Is My Way
* Honey, Wheat and Laughter
* Straight, Clean and Simple
* Talk It Over in the Morning
* Anne Murray / Glen Campbell
* Annie
* Danny's Song
* Love Song
* Highly Prized Possession
* Together
* Keeping In Touch
* There's a Hippo in My Tub
* Let's Keep It That Way
* New Kind of Feeling
* I'll Always Love You
* Somebody's Waiting
* Where Do You Go When You Dream
* The Hottest Night of the Year
* A Little Good News
* Heart over Mind
* Something to Talk About
* Harmony
* As I Am
* You Will
* Yes I Do
* Croonin'
* Anne Murray
* What a Wonderful World
* Country Croonin'
* I'll Be Seeing You
* Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends

Christmas albums|

* Christmas Wishes
* What a Wonderful Christmas
* Anne Murray's Christmas Album

Compilations|

* Snowbird
* Country
* A Country Collection
* Anne Murray's Greatest Hits
* Greatest Hits Volume II
* 15 of the Best
* The Best... So Far
* All of Me

No. 1 singles|

* "Snowbird"
* "Sing High, Sing Low"
* "A Stranger in My Place"
* "It Takes Time"
* "Talk It Over in the Morning"
* "I Say a Little Prayer/By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
* "Cotton Jenny"
* "Danny's Song"
* "What About Me"
* "A Love Song"
* "He Thinks I Still Care"
* "Son of a Rotten Gambler"
* "You Won't See Me"
* "You Needed Me"
* "I Just Fall in Love Again"
* "Shadows in the Moonlight"
* "Broken Hearted Me"
* "Daydream Believer"
* "Lucky Me"
* "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
* "Could I Have This Dance"
* "Blessed Are the Believers"
* "We Don't Have to Hold Out"
* "It's All I Can Do"
* "Another Sleepless Night"
* "Hey! Baby"
* "Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye"
* "A Little Good News"
* "Just Another Woman in Love"
* "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" (with Dave Loggins)
* "Time Don't Run Out on Me"
* "Now and Forever (You and Me)"

Other songs|

* "Thirsty Boots"
* "Put Your Hand in the Hand"
* "Night Owl"
* "Robbie's Song for Jesus"
* "Everything's Been Changed"
* "Send a Little Love My Way"
* "Just One Look"
* "Day Tripper"
* "Uproar"
* "Sunday Sunrise"
* "The Call"
* "Golden Oldie"
* "Things"
* "Walk Right Back"
* "Hold Me Tight"
* "That's Not the Way (It's S'posed to Be)"
* "I Don't Think I'm Ready for You"
* "Who's Leaving Who"
* "Are You Still in Love with Me"
* "Anyone Can Do the Heartbreak"
* "Perfect Strangers"
* "If I Ever Fall in Love Again" (with Kenny Rogers)
* "Feed This Fire"
* "Bluebird"
* "I Can See Arkansas"
* "Make Love to Me"
* "The Wayward Wind"
* "Born to Be with You"
* "Over You"
* "That's What My Love Is For"
* "That's the Way It Goes"
* "What a Wonderful World"

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