first mentioned in M.I.A.'s MySpace blog on 18 August 2006. M.I.A. posted the video for this track on her MySpace on 5 February 2007. "Bird Flu" has been remixed by Cavemen. This song is featured in the video game FIFA Street 3 and was featured in the Japanese CGI anime film Vexille. Kitty Empire in The Observer and Jody Rosen in Slate.com named it the best song of 2007, with the latter appreciating the "clobbering" urumee symphony of the song complementing the "thick, buzzy and exciting beats" of much of Kala that was likened to "a post colonial studies seminar". The folktronica artist Patrick Wolf and experimental band Fuck Buttons cited the song as a favourite with Andrew Hung of the band commenting "She's got experimental tendencies but it's really popular at the same time. It's quite admirable in that sort of way. I love it." M.I.A. often requested fans to dance with her on stage when "Bird Flu" was played in concerts during the KALA Tour in 2007 and the People Vs. Money Tour in 2008. References M.I.A. (rapper) songs 2006 songs Songs written by M.I.A. (rapper)