"Songbird" is a popular song by Fleetwood Mac. It first appeared on the 1977 album Rumours.
It is one of four songs written solely by Christine McVie on the Rumours album.
[edit] Eva Cassidy version
Eva Cassidy's version was released in 1998 on her posthumous compilation album of the same name Songbird. Despite being released two years after her death from melanoma, the album eventually reached number 1 in the UK in 2001.[1]
[edit] Willie Nelson version
Nelson covered "Songbird" on his own 2006 album Songbird, making it the second album to be named after the song. The album only peaked at #87 on the Billboard 200.
Beginning in October 2006, John Frusciante of RHCP began performing his own cover of "Songbird." He played it 4 times in 2006, then many more times in 2007 which was his final year touring with the band.
[edit] Ronan Parke version
Ronan Parke covered "Songbird" on his 2011 debut album Ronan Parke.
[edit] References in pop culture
- Eva Cassidy's version appears in the 2003 film Love Actually, and the same version appears on the soundtrack.
- Fleetwood Mac's version is featured in Skins episode "Cook".
- Fleetwood Mac's version plays during the end of the Alias episode "The Box: Part 2".
- The song was also sung by the character Santana Lopez (actress Naya Rivera) on the show Glee during the episode "Rumours".
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