Songbird (Kenny G composition)

"Songbird"
Single by Kenny G
from the album Duotones
Released March 1987 (US)
August 1987 (Australia)
Recorded 1986
Genre Smooth jazz
Length 5:03 (Album Version)
4:01 (Single Version)
4:09 (Video Version)
Label Arista
Songwriter(s) Kenny G
Producer(s)
Kenny G singles chronology
"What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)"
(1986)		 "Songbird"
(1987)		 "Silhouette"
(1988)

"What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)"
(1986)		 "Songbird"
(1987)		 "Silhouette"
(1988)

"Songbird" is a song by Kenny G, played on a soprano saxophone[1], and the third single from his 1986 album Duotones. It reached No. 3 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, No. 4 on the Hot 100 chart and No. 23 on the R&B chart.[2]

When released in 1987, the song became the first instrumental to reach the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 since the "Miami Vice Theme" by Jan Hammer (a No. 1 hit) in 1985.

References

  1. ↑ Songfacts
  2. ↑ "Duotones - Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-05-02.


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