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Blackbird by The Beatles is featured in Original Song, the sixteenth episode of Season Two. It is sung by Kurt with the Warblers as back-up.

Kurt sings this in honor of Pavarotti the canary, the Warblers' mascot, who died suddenly in his cage, presumably by a stroke.

During the song, Blaine realizes that he has very strong feelings for Kurt. Blaine and the rest of the Warblers also decide to let Kurt share a duet with Blaine at Regionals after hearing his version of the song and after Blaine puts Kurt forward as a suggestion. This is the only song of the second season where the Warblers were not voiced by the Tufts University Beelzebubs, but instead by studio singers.

Lyrics[]

Kurt:
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings, and learn to fly
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes, and learn to see
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to be free

Kurt with The Warblers (The Warblers):
Blackbird, fly (Fly)
Blackbird, fly (Fly)
Into the light (Fly) of the dark black night (Blackbird, fly)

(Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh..., uh, uh, uh!)
(Tarara-rara-rara-raararararaaa)

Blackbird, fly (Fly)
Blackbird, fly (Fly)
Into the light (Fly) of the dark black night (Blackbird, fly)

(Uh, uh, uh, uh...)

Kurt:
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes, and learn to see
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Trivia[]

  • This is the first of the five times the Warblers sang with instrumental accompaniment. The others being Somewhere Only We Know, Help!, All You Need Is Love and Tightrope.
  • This is the third of the four times a song originally by the Beatles was sung in the show, outside the Beatles' tribute episodes, the other ones being Hello, Goodbye, I Want to Hold Your Hand and In My Life.
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand and Blackbird were the only Beatles songs to be sung in Season Two. Coincidentally, they were both sung by Kurt as a soloist.
  • This is the first Warblers song which doesn´t feature Blaine as a soloist.

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Videos[]

The_Beatles_-_Blackbird_(Lyrics)

The Beatles - Blackbird (Lyrics)

GLEE_-_Blackbird_(Full_Performance)_(Official_Music_Video)

GLEE - Blackbird (Full Performance) (Official Music Video)

Glee_-_Blackbird_(W_LYRICS)

Glee - Blackbird (W LYRICS)

Glee_-_Blackbird_(Acapella)

Glee - Blackbird (Acapella)

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