Lennox was in late stages of pregnancy with her second daughter Tali during the filming of the video. " There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)".The music videos referenced by the personas include: Gradually the personas begin to squabble for the spotlight, pushing aside one another and Lennox herself as she fights to maintain control. The accompanying music video for "Little Bird" was directed by Sophie Muller and features eight Lennox lookalikes dressed as the many different personas that Lennox has used in her videos (both solo and as part of Eurythmics) over the past decade, with Lennox herself in a Cabaret-esque setting acting as ringmaster. In 2012, after Lennox performed the song during the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, it charted as a solo single for the first time, reaching number 96 on the UK Singles Chart. It earned a silver record in the UK, after 200,000 singles were sold. In the United States, "Little Bird" also peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100, while in Canada, it soared to number seven on the RPM Top Singles chart. Additionally, it was a top-30 hit in Germany and Iceland, and a top-40 hit in Switzerland. But on the UK Dance Singles Chart, it hit number two. In the UK, the single peaked at number three in its first week at the UK Singles Chart, on 7 February 1993. In Europe, it made it to the top 10 in Italy, Ireland (number three), Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom, as well as on the European Hot 100 Singles, where it hit number five. "Little Bird" / " Love Song for a Vampire" was successful on the charts on several continents, peaking at number one on both the RPM Dance/Urban chart in Canada and the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in the United States. Its call-and-response woo-woos exude genuine confidence, cleverness, and craft." Chart performance Pop Rescue noted that it "has a wonderful electro-pop feel to it – the beat and swirling synth helps the song grow wonderfully as Annie sings over the top." Alec Foege from Spin stated that "Little Bird" "is the album's finest track. Another editor, James Hamilton described it as a "perky strutter".
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Though the song starts out with self-doubt, she concludes, ".this little bird's fallen out of that nest now.so I've just got to put these wings to test", and both she and the collection soar from that point on." Matthew Cole from Music Week's RM Dance Update called it a "luscious tune". Mike Ragogna from HuffPost said that in the song, "Lennox observes the creature's freedom as it glides across the sky. Randy Clark from Cashbox said it's a "beat-laden pop/rock ditty", adding, "although slightly less artsy musically than the first two singles, "Little Bird" has wings of its own." Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report commented that Lennox' "hit streak is about to carryover into 1993 on the wings of a sensitively written and brilliantly produced song that expresses what many people feel from time to time. Icy cool instrumentation is contrasted by a passionate vocal and an elastic bass line," also deeming it "adventurous". Larry Flick from Billboard described it as "a synth-driven thumper that harks back to her early Eurythmics tenure. Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet noted that "Little Bird" is based on "a vibrant sight loop not quite unlike many old Eurythmics songs". The video for "Little Bird" does not appear on the video album for Diva, but is heard instrumentally over the end credits.
The song was also featured in the film Striptease, where Demi Moore dances to it. A live version was played in the end credits to The Sopranos episode " Eloise". Lennox performed "Little Bird" during the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London on 12 August 2012.
In other territories, "Little Bird" was released alone. Taken from her debut solo album, Diva (1992), it was released in 1993 as a double A-side with " Love Song for a Vampire" (which appeared on the soundtrack for the Francis Ford Coppola film Bram Stoker's Dracula) in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and various other European countries. " Little Bird" is a song composed and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox. " Little Bird" / " Love Song for a Vampire" 1993 single by Annie Lennox "Little Bird"
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