Miranda Lambertâs âBluebirdâ is No. 3 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart this week.
The last time Miranda had a No. 3 hit, millions of people were dumping ice water over their heads for a good cause. Mirandaâs âAutomaticâ reached No. 3 in June 2014, the same year the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS went viral.
Mirandaâs last solo No. 1 hit on the Billboard Country Airplay chart was âOver Youâ in 2012. Jason Aldeanâs âDrowns the Whiskey,â which featured Miranda, hit the top of the chart in August 2018.
âBluebirdâ is featured on Mirandaâs seventh studio album, Wildcard.
âThis song is special,â says Miranda. âItâs got this hope to it. Itâs got a darkness too, though, but itâs also hopeful. Life is going to give you lemons, period. If there wasnât problems then we wouldnât appreciate the great days, but going through those things and overcoming problemsâwhatever they areâmakes us strong and appreciate the sun. You know, itâs like ten straight days of rain and then the sun comes out and youâre like, âI forgot how much I loved it.â Since we wrote âBluebird,â Iâve been seeing bluebirds everywhere. And the bluebirds have been there, but I never saw them like I see them now. It kinda reminds me to open my eyes to whatâs around me.â
photo by TCD