Like a Star

• UK CD single

1. "Like a Star"
2. "Enchantment"
3. "Choux Pastry Heart"

• UK 7-inch single

:A. "Like a Star"

:B. "Enchantment"

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Corinne Bailey Rae.{{cite AV media notes |title=Corinne Bailey Rae |type=liner notes |others=Corinne Bailey Rae |publisher=EMI |year=2006 |id=009463 54117 2 0}}

• Corinne Bailey Rae – acoustic guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals, percussion, songwriting, Spanish guitar
• Steve Chrisanthou – organ, production, programming, recording
• The London Session Orchestra – strings
• Wil Malone – string arrangement and conducting
• Paul Siddal – keyboards
• Jeremy Wheatley – mixing
• Gavyn Wright – director of The London Session Orchestra

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"Like a Star" was re-released in the UK on 9 October 2006 due to the popularity of the song. A new music video, directed by Sam Brown, was shot for the reissue.{{cite web |url=http://www.flynnproductions.com/flynn/directors/?sam_brown/-/music_videos/ |title=Sam Brown // Music Videos |publisher=Flynn Productions |accessdate=7 January 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219043936/http://www.flynnproductions.com/flynn/directors/?sam_brown%2F-%2Fmusic_videos%2F |archivedate=19 February 2007 |url-status=live}} The single reached a new peak position of number 32 on the UK Singles Chart. "Like a Star" was released in the United States in January 2007, reaching number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100. As of January 2010, the song had sold 327,000 downloads in the US.{{cite magazine |last=Herrera |first=Monica |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/960760/corinne-bailey-rae-the-billboard-cover-story |title=Corinne Bailey Rae: The Billboard Cover Story |magazine=Billboard |date=11 January 2010 |accessdate=24 March 2013}}

Bailey Rae performed "Like a Star" and "Put Your Records On" live on the 7 October 2006 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live. She also performed "Like a Star" and "Trouble Sleeping" on NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip on 27 November 2006. The song was used in the ABC shows Grey's Anatomy and Men in Trees, as well as in an episode of NBC's Medium and CBS' CSI: NY. The track was also featured in the films Nancy Drew (2007) and 27 Dresses (2008). Rae performed "Like a Star" at the 49th Grammy Awards on 11 February 2007. The following year, it received a nomination for Song of the Year at the 50th Grammy Awards.

• UK CD single 1

1. "Like a Star"
2. "Emaraldine"

• UK CD single 2

1. "Like a Star"
2. "Emaraldine"
3. "Enchantment" (Amp Fiddler Remix)
4. "Daydreaming" (Aretha Franklin cover)
5. "Like a Star" (re-release video)

• UK 7-inch single

:A. "Like a Star"

:B. "Enchantment" (Amp Fiddler Remix)

• Download

1. "Like a Star" (acoustic)
2. "Like a Star" (instrumental)

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