Fly Away (Lenny Kravitz song)

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"Fly Away"
Single by Lenny Kravitz
from the album 5
Released	October 1998
Format	CD Single Maxi single
Genre	Rock
Length	3:41
Label	Virgin Records
Writer(s)	Lenny Kravitz
Producer(s)	Lenny Kravitz
Chart positions
#1 (United Kingdom) #12 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100)
Lenny Kravitz singles chronology
"I Belong To You" (1998)	"Fly Away" (1998)	"Thinking of You" (1998)

"Fly Away" is the third single by rock musician Lenny Kravitz from his 1998 album 5. It was released in October, 1998.

Contents 1 Chart Performance 2 Music Video 3 Single Tracklisting 4 Trivia 5 Lyrics

[edit] Chart Performance

"Fly Away" is Kravitz's most successful song to date. The song was a hit in both the United Kingdom and United States. It topped the British charts, while in USA reached top twenty. The song also helped to expand the success of his "5" album in Europe.

Chart	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	12
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts	1(3 Weeks)
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Charts	1(2 Weeks)
United Kingdom Singles Charts	1

[edit] Music Video

The music video for the single was directed by Paul Hunter. It featured Lenny and his band playing in a club. They were surrounded by the crowd dancing to the rhythm of the song, some of them were having fun and getting drunk, while other people were making out and possessed by a sexual behavior at the club and the bathrooms, there were also some girls topless, but they were censored.

Some visual effects were done to make the video something less quiet and get the sensation of adrenaline, by shaking the camera, using different kinds of lighting, and slowing down the playback of the song in order to speed up the movements of the people on the video.

The video is featured on the DVD for the special Lenny's Greatest Hits album tour edition.

[edit] Single Tracklisting

• CD1

1. Fly Away 3:41
2. Fly Away (Live Acoustic) 4:03
3. Believe (Live Acoustic) 5:14

• CD2

1. Fly Away (Single Edit)
2. Fly Away (LP Version)
3. Call Out Hook

[edit] Trivia

• The song was used to advertise airline companies and car manufacturers, such as Peugeot 206 who used it in a television commercial in 2000.
• The song was played at the beginning of episode "Spree" of television series NUMB3RS.

[edit] Lyrics

• Lyrics for Fly Away by Lenny Kravitz
• Guitar Tab for Fly Away by Lenny Kravitz

Preceded by "Slide" by Goo Goo Dolls	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single November 21, 1998	Succeeded by "Never There" by Cake
Preceded by "Maria" by Blondie	UK Singles Chart Number 1 single February 14, 1999 for 1 week	Succeeded by "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears