Birds is the third studio album by New Zealand artist Bic Runga. The album was released in New Zealand on 28 November 2005. The album was Bic's third no.1 album garnering platinum status in its first week. The album was certified 3× platinum. The album won the New Zealand Music Award for Album of the Year in 2006, her second award for Best Album, after her debut release Drive. Track listing "Winning Arrow" – 2:53 "Say After Me" – 4:36 "Listen" – 3:32 "Birds" – 3:46 "Ruby Nights" – 4:23 "No Crying No More" – 2:03 "If I Had You" – 4:48 "Captured" – 6:03 "That's Alright" – 3:22 "Blue Blue Heart" – 3:32 "It's Over" – 5:38 Limited Australian Tour Edition The Australian release included a second disc of live material recorded at the Civic Theatre in November 2005. The disc incorrectly identifies the recording date as November 2006 — eight months after the release of this edition. "Birds" – 4:30 "Blue Blue Heart" – 3:48 "Ruby Nights" – 4:42 "Listen" – 3:38 "The Be All And End All" – 3:51 International version Features an alternate track listing. "Captured" – 6:03 "Birds" (with birds intro) – 3:58 "No Crying No More" – 2:03 "Winning Arrow" – 2:53 "If I Had You" – 4:48 "Say After Me" – 4:36 "Listen" – 3:32 "That's Alright" – 3:22 "Blue Blue Heart" – 3:32 "Ruby Nights" – 4:23 "It's Over" – 5:38 "Somewhere in the Night" – 4:06 Special Edition Released in NZ with 2 bonus tracks (Somewhere in the Night and Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart (Birds Version)) plus a DVD featuring 5 live performances and 2 music videos. DVD: "Birds" "Blue Blue Heart" "Ruby Nights" "No Crying No More" "Captured" "Winning Arrow" (music video) "Say After Me" (music video) Chart positions Weekly charts End of year Charts Performers Bic Runga – vocals, guitars Tim Arnold – guitar Ben "Boxcar" Maitland – vocals, guitars, harmonica Shayne Carter – backing vocals Anna Coddington – backing vocals Neil Finn – vocals, guitars, piano, psalterian, vibraphone Riki Gooch – drums, percussion Rebecca Harris – harp Anika Moa – backing vocals Joanna Satomi Schulz – French horn Conrad Standish – vocals, bass guitar Strings Miranda Adams Mark Bennett Christine Bowie Artur Grabczewski Greg McGarity William Hanfling Claudia Price Katherine Uren Additional Paul Crowther – drum tech Neil Finn – string arrangements Paul Jeffery – studio