Fly Away (Lenny Kravitz song)
"Fly Away" | ||||||||||
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Single by Lenny Kravitz | ||||||||||
from the album 5 | ||||||||||
Released | December 29, 1998 | |||||||||
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Recorded | 1998 | |||||||||
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Length | 3:41 | |||||||||
Label | Virgin | |||||||||
Writer(s) | Lenny Kravitz | |||||||||
Producer(s) | Lenny Kravitz | |||||||||
Lenny Kravitz singles chronology | ||||||||||
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"Fly Away" is a song by American singer Lenny Kravitz. It was released as the fourth single from his fifth studio album, 5 (1998).
Chart performance
"Fly Away" is one of Kravitz's most successful songs to date. It went to number one on the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom,[1] while in the United States it reached number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] and topped both the Mainstream Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts. In New Zealand it peaked at number 8 and was certified Gold. The song also helped to expand the success of his fifth studio album, 5 in Europe and earned Kravitz a Grammy Award in 1999 for Best Male Rock Performance.
Music video
The music video for the single was directed by Paul Hunter. It features Kravitz and his band playing in a club, surrounded by a crowd dancing to the song, with some of them having fun and others making out. Special effects were added to the video to make it look beat up and grainy. The video is featured on the DVD for Kravitz's Greatest Hits album tour edition.
A girl in the crowd is briefly shown topless several times during the video.
Kravitz also appears in a 2010 video in which he joined the Voice of Praise Choir from the First Baptist Church of Lewisville, Texas, as they performed "Fly Away" on a street in New Orleans.[3]
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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Australian Singles Chart[4] | 8 |
Canadian RPM Singles Chart | 3 |
Dutch Mega Single Top 100 | 49 |
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 8 |
UK Singles Chart | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 12 |
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 Tracks | 8 |
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 7 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1999) | Position |
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Canadian RPM Singles Chart[5] | 79 |
US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 29 |
Appearances in film and television
"Fly Away" was played in the commercials for Southwest Airlines, MSN, the Peugeot 206 and one of the first Nissan Xterra ads. It is also featured in the film Coyote Ugly and is the theme song for the Canadian reality television series Ice Pilots NWT.
Track listing
- CD 1
- "Fly Away" – 3:41
- "Fly Away" (Live Acoustic) – 4:03
- "Believe" (Live Acoustic) – 5:14
- CD 2
- "Fly Away" (Single Edit)
- "Fly Away" (LP Version)
- Call Out Hook
UK edition
- "Fly Away"
- "Fly Away" (Live Acoustic)
- "Believe" (Live Acoustic)
References
- ↑ UK Singles Chart info Chartstats.com. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 353.
- ↑ Lenny Kravitz crashes the VOP Choir in New Orleans for "Fly Away" YouTube.com. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ↑ "Australia Singles Top 50". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 70, No. 8, December 13, 1999". RPM. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
- ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
External links
Preceded by "Slide" by Goo Goo Dolls |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single November 21–28, 1998 |
Succeeded by "Never There" by Cake |
Preceded by "Psycho Circus" by Kiss |
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number-one single November 7–21, 1998 |
Succeeded by "Turn the Page" by Metallica |
Preceded by "Maria" by Blondie |
UK Singles Chart number-one single February 14, 1999 - February 20, 1999 |
Succeeded by "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears |