Like a Feather

"Like a Feather"
Single by Nikka Costa
from the album Everybody Got Their Something
B-side"Heaven Sinner"
ReleasedJuly 30, 2001
Genre
Length3:55
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Costa
  • Stanley
  • Ronson
  • Dominique Trenier
Nikka Costa singles chronology
"Treat Her Right"
(1996) 		"Like a Feather"
(2001) 		"Everybody Got Their Something"
(2001)
Music video
"Like a Feather" on YouTube

"Like a Feather" is a song by the American pop/soul singer Nikka Costa, released as the first single from her 2001 album Everybody Got Their Something.[6]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
NME[2]

"Like a Feather" was released as the lead single from Costa's 2001 album Everybody Got Their Something. It was ranked the seventeenth best song of 2001 by SPIN magazine.[7] Due to its use in advertisement campaigns for Tommy Hilfiger, it managed to obtain a viewer impression number of 530 million.[8]

"Like a Feather" was used in many of Tommy Hilfiger's advertisement campaigns, which has been claimed to be the cause of Costa's success in the United States.[9]

Awards and accolades

The music video for "Like a Feather" was nominated for "Best new-artist clip of the year" in the modern rock and pop genres for Billboard's Music Video Awards.[10]

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Like a Feather"
Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[11] 93
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 88
UK Singles (OCC)[13] 53

References

  1. ^ a b Wilson, MacKenzie. "Everybody Got Their Something Review by MacKenzie Wilson". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Springer, Jacqueline. "Nikka Costa: Like A Feather". NME. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
  3. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 5, 2001. p. 75.
  4. ^ Pennick, Faith (September 27, 2017). "The Slow-Burn Success Of Nikka Costa's 'Everybody Got Their Something'". NPR. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
  5. ^ a b Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 12, 2001. p. 46.
  6. ^ Cinquemani, Sal (August 22, 2001). "Review: Nikka Costa, Everybody Got Their Something". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
  7. ^ SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. January 2002. p. 78.
  8. ^ Radio & Records (PDF). April 20, 2001. p. 1.
  9. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 17, 2001. p. 28.
  10. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 25, 2001. p. 75.
  11. ^ "Nikka Costa ARIA Chart History (singles) complete to 2024". ARIA. Retrieved July 21, 2025 – via Imgur.com.
  12. ^ "Nikka Costa – Like a Feather" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
  13. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
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