Bird Set Free

"Bird Set Free"
Promotional Single by Sia from the album This Is Acting
Released November 3, 2015 (2015-11-03)
Format Digital download
Length 4:15
Label Inertia
Writer
Producer Kurstin
This Is Acting track listing

"Bird Set Free"
(1)		 "Alive"
(2)

"Bird Set Free" is the first promotional single from Sia Furler's seventh studio album This Is Acting (2016).[1]

Background

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Sia revealed that the song was written for Pitch Perfect 2 soundtrack, but they rejected it in favour of "Flashlight". Afterwards she pitched it to Rihanna, who rejected it, then to Adele, who initially recorded it but later decided to let Furler keep it.[2]

Composition

The song "Bird Set Free" is written in the key of F minor.[3]

Critical reception

"Bird Set Free" has garnered critical acclaim. Rolling Stone commended the song, calling it "liberating".[4] In a review of the song's parent album This Is Acting, Kathy Iandolf of Idolator wrote "This album is dark, indicated by the lead single “Alive,” but also by the opener “Bird Set Free,” where Sia takes a solemn vow to emotional liberation amidst strong piano keys."[5] Alex McCown of The A.V. Club called it "best female empowerment sing-along Katy Perry never wrote."[6] Calling the song a "ginormo self-empowerment anthem", Hugh Montgomory of The Independent wrote "Sia produces something more complex, battle-cries from a volatile soul."[7] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine wrote "[The song's] opening piano strains evoke those of Adele's “Someone Like You,” but the track soon explodes into the kind of rousing anthem conspicuously absent from the British singer's latest album."

Promotion

Sia performed "Bird Set Free" and "Alive" on November 7, 2015 episode of Saturday Night Live.[8][9] She also performed at the Ellen Degeneres Show.

The song was performed by Dalton Rapattoni on the fifteenth and final season of American Idol. "Bird Set Free" was performed on March 24, 2016; Sia had mentored this episode.

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[10] 36
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[11] 98
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[12] 69
France (SNEP)[13] 49
New Zealand Heatseekers (Recorded Music NZ)[14] 9
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[15] 65
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[16] 92

References

  1. ↑ Gordon, Jeremy (3 November 2015). "Sia Shares "Bird Set Free"". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Sia talks reclaiming unwanted hits
  3. ↑ "Product MN0159570 "Bird Set Free"". Music Notes. EMI Music Publishing. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Listen to Sia's new song Bids Set Free
  5. ↑ This Is Acting : Album Review
  6. ↑ McCown, Alex (29 January 2016). "Sia’s charisma holds together an assembly line of modern pop hits". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Montgomery, Hugh. "Sia, This is Acting review: a thrillingly intimate album that's so much more than just off-cuts". The Independent. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Claymore, Gabriela Tully (October 13, 2015). "Sia Playing SNL with Host Donald Trump". Stereogum. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  9. ↑ Russell, Erica (November 7, 2015). "Donald Trump Hosts 'SNL', Sia Performs". PopCrush. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  10. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "Sia – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Sia. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201549 into search. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Sia – Bird Set Free" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert {{{year}}}{{{week}}} into search. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2015-11-19" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 13 November 2015.

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