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"Snowbird" is a song by the Canadian songwriter Gene MacLellan. Though it has been recorded by many performers (including Elvis Presley), it is best known through Anne Murray's mellifluous 1970 version. For Murray, this song launched her into a long career of international exposure, reaching number-eight on the U.S. pop singles charts, and was also a surprise country hit, as well.
The theme and approach broadly resemble that of the earlier smash hit "Yellow Bird" in contrasting the narrator's being stuck in the place of his/her heartache to the bird's ability to just up and fly away. "Snowbird" sold well over a million copies and was recently picked as 19th on the 50 Tracks: The Canadian Version list, a partially populist approach to defining the most influential songs by Canadians.
