| "I'm Like a Bird" | ||||
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| Single by Nelly Furtado | ||||
| from the album Whoa, Nelly! | ||||
| Released | September 25, 2000 | |||
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| Genre | Folk-pop[1] | |||
| Length | 4:03 | |||
| Label | DreamWorks | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Nelly Furtado | |||
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| "I'm Like a Bird" on YouTube | ||||
"I'm Like a Bird" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. It was written by Furtado and produced by Gerald Eaton and Brian West for her debut studio album, Whoa, Nelly! (2000). Released as the album's first single on September 25, 2000, it became a worldwide hit the following year, peaking at number one in Portugal, number two in Australia and New Zealand, number five in the United Kingdom, and number nine in the United States. It was the eighth-most-played song on Canadian radio in 2001.
In 2002, "I'm Like a Bird" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year[2] and won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.[3] It also won the Juno Award for Single of the Year in 2001.[4]
- ^ "Nelly Furtado: 'It was overwhelming trying to keep it all together'". April 21, 2017.
- ^ Staff (January 4, 2002). "44th Annual Grammy Award Nominations". Variety. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
- ^ "Grammy Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance". Grammy Awards. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
- ^ "Winners + Nominees". The JUNO Awards. Retrieved May 7, 2020. Select 2001 from the drop-down list near the top of the page.