Fly Away (Haddaway song)

"Fly Away"
Single by Haddaway
from the album The Drive
B-side	"Remix"
Released	May 29, 1995
Format	CD single CD maxi
Genre	Eurodance
Length	4:04
Label	Scorpio Polygram
Writer(s)	Richard W. Palmer-James Dee Dee Halligan Junior Torello
Producer(s)	Dee Dee Halligan Junior Torello
Haddaway singles chronology
"Rock My Heart" (1994) "Fly Away" (1995) "Catch a Fire" (1995)
Alternative cover CD maxi - Remixes

"Fly Away" is a song by Trinidadian-German musician Haddaway. It was released in May 1995 as the lead single from his second album The Drive. As with several of Haddaway's singles, another CD maxi was commercialized a few months after the first release.

The song was a hit in several countries, particularly in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Israel where it reached the top 10. However, it achieved a minor success in France and Belgium.

Track listings

CD single

1. "Fly Away" (radio edit) — 4:04
2. "Fly Away" (extended version) — 6:43

CD maxi (April 14, 1995)

1. "Fly Away" (radio edit) — 4:04
2. "Fly Away" (extended version) — 6:43
3. "Fly Away" (hyper space mix) — 6:23
4. "Fly Away" (maxi-flight-remix) — 5:25
5. "Fly Away" (development corporation mix) — 6:50

CD maxi - Remixes (June 12, 1995)

1. "Fly Away" (Tinman's mile high mix) — 6:11
2. "Fly Away" (sequential one club house remix) — 5:00
3. "Fly Away" ("side by side" mix) — 6:08

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[1]	230
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2]	16
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3]	15
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[4]	29
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5]	1
France (SNEP)[6]	23
Germany (Official German Charts)[7]	25
Ireland (IRMA)[8]	28
Italy (FIMI)[9]	7
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10]	9
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[11]	14
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[12]	9
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[13]	20

Year-end chart (1995)	Position
Dutch Top 40[14]	95
Swiss Singles Chart[15]	52

References

1. "Australian (ARIA) chart positions outside the top 100 provided by ARIA, through response to chart inquiry (submitted to [email protected]) received 5 June 2015". imgur.com. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
2. "Austriancharts.at – Haddaway – Fly Away" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
3. "Ultratop.be – Haddaway – Fly Away" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
4. "Ultratop.be – Haddaway – Fly Away" (in French). Ultratop 50.
5. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
6. "Lescharts.com – Haddaway – Fly Away" (in French). Les classement single.
7. "Musicline.de – Haddaway Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
8. "Irish Singles Chart, database". Irishcharts. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
9. "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: H". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
10. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Haddaway search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
11. "Swedishcharts.com – Haddaway – Fly Away". Singles Top 100.
12. "Swisscharts.com – Haddaway – Fly Away". Swiss Singles Chart.
13. "Fly Away", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved August 4, 2008)
14. "Single top 100 over 1995" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
15. 1995 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved February 13, 2008)

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics