"Songbird"
Single by Barbra Streisand
from the album Songbird
Released1978
GenrePop
Length3:46
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
  • Dave Wolfert
  • Stephen Nelson
Producer(s)Gary Klein
Barbra Streisand singles chronology
"My Heart Belongs to Me"
(1977) 		"Songbird"
(1978) 		"Prisoner (Love Theme from Eyes of Laura Mars)"

"Songbird" is the title track and first single released from Barbra Streisand's 1978 album Songbird. It was written by Dave Wolfert and Steve Nelson and produced by Gary Klein.

On the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the song peaked at number 25.[1] It spent two weeks atop the Billboard easy listening chart in July and August 1978, her fifth song to accomplish this feat.[2]

One theory as to why "Songbird" was less successful on the U.S. pop chart is that Streisand recorded the theme to the 1978 film Eyes of Laura Mars, which was released as a single a few weeks after "Songbird" came out. "Prisoner (Love Theme from Eyes of Laura Mars)" reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and may have created competition with herself for pop radio airplay and single sales.[2]

Charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 92
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] 33
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[5] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 25
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[7] 1
US (Cash Box Top 100)[8] 33

See also

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 609.
  2. ^ a b Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 221.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6970a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  5. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 4642." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  6. ^ "Barbra Streisand Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  7. ^ "Barbra Streisand Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  8. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles (Week ending AUGUST 5, 1978)". Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2020.


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