| Bluebird | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Anne Murray |
| Album: | You Will |
| Released: | November 1990 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:34 |
| Label: | Capitol Nashville |
| Producer: | Jerry Crutchfield |
| Prev Title: | Feed This Fire |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | New Way Out |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
"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]