Hummingbird (Seals & Crofts song)

"Hummingbird" is a song by American soft rock duo Seals and Crofts, released as a single in 1973. It was the second single and opening track from their fourth studio album, Summer Breeze, the follow-up to the LP's title track.

"Hummingbird"
Single by Seals and Crofts
from the album Summer Breeze
B-side	"Say"
Released	January 1973
Genre	Soft rock
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriters	Jim Seals, Dash Crofts
Seals and Crofts singles chronology
"Summer Breeze" (1972) "Hummingbird" (1973) "Diamond Girl" (1973)

Background

The “hummingbird” in the song’s lyrics is a metaphor for Baha'u'llah, Prophet of the Baha'i Faith. The album version contains a prologue that is omitted from the shorter radio edit.

The song reached No. 20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[1] and number 15 on the Cash Box Top 100.^[2] "Hummingbird" was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number 12 on the U.S. chart^[3] and number three in Canada.^[4]

Harvey Brooks played bass on this song and talks about it in this interview for No Treble.^[5]

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1973) Peak position Canada RPM Top Singles 40 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[4] 3 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening[3] 12 U.S. Cash Box Top 100[2] 15 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 20

Year-end charts Chart (1973) Rank U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[6] 145