Songbird (Kenny G composition)


"Songbird" is a song by Kenny G, played on a soprano saxophone, 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, No. 4 on Cashbox and No. 23 on the R&B chart. In the UK the song peaked at no. 22.
When the song was released as a single in 1987, it became the first instrumental to reach the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 since 1985, when the "Miami Vice Theme" by Jan Hammer went to number one.