Background
"I'm Like a Bird" is composed in common time in the key of B♭ major. The song moves at 90 beats per minute, and Furtado's voice spans around an octave and a half, from F3 to B♭4. It is written in verse-chorus form, with a bridge before the second chorus.
Furtado said of the song, "I've heard it sung at karaoke or by cover bands and it was awesome — I was like, wow, I've got one of those songs. Somebody once called it a 'hairbrush song', one that girls and guys sing in front of the mirror with their hairbrush. I just think I'm lucky I have it — it's paying the bills!"
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