Silver Bird (Mark Lindsay song) explained

Silver Bird
Cover:	Silver_Bird_-_Mark_Lindsay.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Mark Lindsay
Album:	Silver Bird
B-Side:	So Hard to Leave You
Released:	May 21, 1970
Genre:	Pop
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Jerry Fuller
Prev Title:	Miss America
Prev Year:	1970
Next Title:	And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind
Next Year:	1970

"Silver Bird" is a song written by Kenny Young and Artie Butler and recorded by Mark Lindsay, in his solo career after Paul Revere and the Raiders.

Background

"Silver Bird' was recorded along with L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew^[1] in 1969.

Chart performance

The single reached number 25 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 during the summer of 1970. In Canada, "Silver Bird" peaked at number 10.^[2]

Weekly charts

Chart (1970)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3]	33
Canada RPM Top Singles^[4]	10
New Zealand (Listener)^[5]	15
	25
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary^[6]	7
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[7]	20

Year-end charts

Popular culture

• Yamaha used the music from "Silver Bird", with rewritten lyrics, as the background to at least one of its early 1970s motorcycle commercials.
• The 2022 Netflix movie The Gray Man, starring Ryan Gosling, features the song.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hartman, Kent . 261–263 . 2012 . The Wrecking Crew . registration . . 978-1-250-03046-7.
2. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1970-08-08 . 2018-07-05.
3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian)

   . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 178.

4. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1970-08-08 . 2018-07-05.
5. http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=772#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 23 November 1970
6. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 141.

7. http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19700808.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 8, 1970
8. http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1970YESP.html Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1970