Talk:Fly Like a Bird

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Lyrics[edit]

"many feel that Carey is endorsing suicide, because of the song's message of longing to be in Heaven." -- is it a serious fact? this is the first time I hear this... Alensha 22:22, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

heh, Extraordinary Machine, it looks like we were both thinking the same thing! -- getcrunk juice ^contribs 17:18, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that was kind of strange :). Extraordinary Machine 17:34, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

regarding your comment: are Say Somethin' and this being released separately or as a double A-side?, I believe that the singles are not being released as a double a-side because 1) http://www.mariahdaily.com/newsdesk.shtml lists March 14, 2006 as the "Fly Like A Bird" radio release for Top 40 Rhythmic-Crossover and April 4, 2006 for "FLAB" and "SS" release to other stations, 2) the single cover for "Say Somethin'" does not mention "FLAB" and 3) the completely different themes :P -- getcrunk juice ^contribs 18:00, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Extraordinary machine - the info is not unsourced, it is true. the live performances happen and flab has been played on several urban, rhythmic, and urban adult contemporary stations across the U.S. look it up if you don't believe me. And also, finish your removal of the link, don't just stick a '1' in with no link! —This unsigned comment was added by 195.93.21.72 (talk • contribs) .

The article already said that the song was played on those radio stations. Now there's two mentions of this: the one I retained, and the one you added in afterwards.
We don't need a list of all of Carey's performance's of the song, as WP:NOT an indiscriminate collection of information. Extraordinary Machine 19:20, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why was the entire mention of her Grammy performance removed? That was an important performance in her career, and it should at least be mentioned in the article. --Musicpvm 22:58, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the Grammy perfromance, that is one of the most important places a song can be performed at, and was a great perfromance that deserves recognition... --Thankyoubaby 05:32, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know if there is supposed to be a music video for this song or not? 69.209.236.146 10:03, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know, there is not a video. You might want to check fan sites like http://www.mariahdaily.com about it -- getcrunk juice ^contribs 19:41, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

UK Release[edit]

Does anyone know if there will be a UK release of this song?

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Promotional single[edit]

It wasn't a promo single was it? Calvin • ^NaNaNaC'mon! 13:35, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

According to a certain editor, it was. He wrote why on my talk page, a while ago.--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 15:57, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

But it was released to radio and released as a single? Calvin • ^NaNaNaC'mon! 17:19, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ask him. I honestly have no idea what it is :S--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 17:24, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Who?? Lol. It can't be a promo single, who releases a promo single after they have released 5 or so singles which have been hugely successful, as well as the biggest selling album of the year, what else is there to promote? Unless someone can find a source that says this song is a promo single, I am changing it back to single status, because no one ever had an issue with it before. Calvin • ^NaNaNaC'mon! 18:33, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do you really know what a promo single is?? It's a song which is released only on radio/TV, but not commercially. Beautiful, Dirty, Rich is another example of it. If the album was really that much success, why this song was a flop? The answer is that this song was a U.S. promo-only single. If this song were a single (commercial release), it would definitely enter the Billboard Hot 100 at least Top 40 Bluesatellite (talk) 21:34, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Being given official single status doesn't guarantee a song entering the Hot 100. The song had high-profile performances, people can easily download the album version. I've never heard of this song being a promo single before. Plus, if you are going to make changes like this, you need to be consistent, and change the entry on the TEOM article too. Rihanna's Wait Your Turn had high profile performances too, but didn't chart on the Hot 100, and it was internationally released. Calvin • ^NaNaNaC'mon! 22:15, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that's totally right, but that's not my point. You need to know the difference between s 'single' and a 'promotional single'. Every album's songs can be downloaded digitally, but only a 'single' available in pysical CD. In this case, "Fly Like a Bird" did not have a commercial release, only a promo CD single. Yes, I'm gonna change to the TEOM article as well :) Bluesatellite (talk) 01:53, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Fly Like a Bird" was sent to radio (on three different formats) which makes it like a single, not a promotional single. Pancake (talk) 19:33, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fly Like a Bird computer game[edit]

Is there a way to mention that there is also a computer game called Fly Like a Bird? Zipzip50 (talk) 04:03, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]