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| Header ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Song Title | Im like a bird |
| Artist | Nelly Furtado |
| Image Artist | ![]() |
| Origin | Canada |
| Album | Whoa, Nelly! |
| Image Album | ![]() |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4:03 |
| Dur Grp | 4:00-4:29 |
| Year | 2000 |
| Decade | 2000-2009 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 90 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 090-094 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | Bb |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Add Measure |
| Rec Tag 2 | No 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 3 | Ending Fade out |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (female) |
| Voc Info 2 | SSA |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | STRINGS SYNTH |
| Instr 2 | DRUMS |
| Instr 3 | EP |
| Instr 4 | PIANO |
| Instr 5 | SYNTH |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | Grammy - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance |
| Awards 2 | Juno - Single of the Year |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Song of the Year |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 9 |
| Certification | RIAA - Platinum |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nellyfurtado/imlikeabird.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Nelly Furtado |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ I'm like a bird ✱ I'll only fly away |
| Explanation | ✱ Translating fickleness and the need for freedom into the instinctive behavior of a bird. |
| MTag 1 | Nature:Life:Animal |
| MTag 2 | Freedom |
| MTag 3 | Distance |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | I-vi-I-V |
| Ch Prog PC | IV-V-IV-V |
| Ch Prog C | I-V-ii-IV |
| Ch Prog B | IV-vi-IV-V |
| Progr Category 1 | I-ii-IV-V |
| Used Chords# Fam | 6 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, II, ii, IV, V, vi |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual | ![]() |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 21 |
| Mel Cmplx | 5 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 48 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 51 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 13 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 20-29 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 0-9 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 50-59 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 10-19 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 62 |
| Spot-Energy | 61 |
| Spot-Valance | 61 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 60-69 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 60-69 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 60-69 |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Pop |
| Genre 2 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Pop Rock |



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