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The Bird and the Bee
The Bird and the Bee band members Greg Kurstin and Inara George in animated form.
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles
Genre(s)	Indie pop Indie rock
Years active	2006–present
Label(s)	Blue Note Records
Website	www.thebirdandthebee.com/
Members
Greg Kurstin Inara George

The Bird and the Bee is an indie/pop/alternative musical duo from Los Angeles, consisting of musicians Greg Kurstin ("bee") and Inara George ("bird"). Kurstin, a producer and keyboardist who has worked with Lily Allen, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Beck, The Flaming Lips, Kylie Minogue and Red Hot Chili Peppers, is also a member of the band Geggy Tah. Inara George and Kurstin met while the two were working on her debut album and they decided to collaborate on a jazz-influenced electro pop project. Their debut EP, Again and Again and Again and Again, was released on October 2006 and their debut album was released on January 23, 2007 on Blue Note Records.

]History

According to their MySpace page, "Greg and Inara met a few years ago. Discovered a common love of jazz standards... nerded out for a couple of hours playing every song they knew... and then wrote and recorded a record together."

That record was the 3-song EP Again and Again and Again and Again, released by Blue Note Records on October 31, 2006.^[1] Included on the EP was a fourth track, a remix version of "Fucking Boyfriend",^[2] and it was that track that took less than a month to create a buzz about The Bird And The Bee. December 2006 a remix of "Fucking Boyfriend" topped the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, although because of its title, radio stations only played the edited version of the song in their club mix shows.^{[citation needed]}

The bands' first full-length album, the self-titled The Bird And The Bee was released on January 23, 2007^[3] to positive reviews; Allmusic for example described it as "irresistable" and "charming and delightful at every turn".^[4]

Summer of 2007 found the band touring as opening act for performer Lily Allen,^[5] while their music was heard twice that year on the popularABC drama Grey's Anatomy, with "Again & Again" featured in the April 26 episode titled Desire, and "Polite Dance Song" featured on the October 25 episode Haunt You Every Day .^[6] With the holiday season came additional exposure for the group, when Apple Inc.'s iTunes web store chose "Carol of the Bells" to be the featured "Free Single of the Week" for the week of November 27.

The Bird and the Bee perform at The Bell House in Brooklyn, New York on March 6, 2009.

Efforts to introduce The Bird and the Bee to the general public continued to gain traction throughout 2008, with "Fucking Boyfriend" appearing in the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall and "How Deep Is Your Love" included in the high-profile summer release Sex and the City: The Movie.^[8] In July a performance recorded at The Palms in Las Vegas was released as an EP titled Live At The Palms. Available exclusively through iTunes, the EP included live versions of "Again & Again (Bossa Nova Version)", "Fucking Boyfriend", "Autumn Leaves", "Man", and "Preparedness".^[9]

The Bird and The Bee marked the release of their second full album, Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future with two national television appearances, January 26 on NBC's Tonight Show and February 4 on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!.^[10] Following its January 27 release, the album debuted atop theBillboard Magazine Top Heatseekers chart on sales of over 5,000 copies.^[11] In support of the new album the band went on a brief 11 performance U.S. tour, which concluded with a March 7, 2009 performance at New York's Carnegie Hall.^[12]

Discography

[edit]Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [13]
2007	The Bird and the Bee Released 23 January 2007 Label: Blue Note Records	—
2009	Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future Released: 27 January 2009 Label: Blue Note Records	78

]Extended plays

Year	EP details
2006	Again and Again and Again and Again Released: October 2006
2007	Please Clap Your Hands Released: September 2007
2008	One Too Many Hearts Digital release: February 2008
	Live From Las Vegas at the Palms Digital release: July 2008

Singles

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Year	Single	Peak chart position		Album
		US Dance [14]	JPN [15]
2006	"Fucking Boyfriend"	1	—	Again and Again and Again and Again (EP)
2007	"Again & Again"	—	—	The Bird and the Bee
2007	"La La La"	—	—	The Bird and the Bee
2007	"Polite Dance Song"	—	—	Please Clap Your Hands (EP)
2009	"Love Letter to Japan"	—	90	Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future
2009	"My Love"	TBR	TBR	Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future
"—" denotes singles that did not chart.