Fly Like an Eagle (song)

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“Fly Like an Eagle”
Single by Steve Miller Band from the album Fly Like an Eagle
Released	May 1976
Recorded	1975
Genre	Rock, R&B
Length	3:00 (single), 4:55 (album)
Label	Capitol Records
Producer	Steve Miller
Steve Miller Band singles chronology
"Space Intro" (1973) "Fly Like an Eagle" (1973) "Wild Mountain Honey" (1973)

“Fly Like an Eagle”
Single by Seal from the album Space Jam soundtrack and Best: 1991-2004
Released	February 10 1997
Recorded	1996
Length	4:14
Label	ZTT / Warner Bros.
Producer	Trevor Horn
Seal singles chronology
"Don't Cry / Prayer For the Dying" (1996) "Fly Like An Eagle" (1997) "Human Beings" (1998)

"Fly Like an Eagle" is a song written by Steve Miller for the album Fly Like an Eagle. The song went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the week of January 8, 1977. The single edit can be found on Greatest Hits 1974-78. The artist Seal also covered this song for the Space Jam soundtrack, peaking at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Polvo covered the song live, introducing it with 'This is a song about blatant localism'. The song has an unusually mellow and trippy feel. It contains one the few famously known instances of the use of the word "shoe" as a verb. Also, if you hear at the very end of the song, you can hear a couple beeps. These mean to rewind the reel to reel.

An earlier 1973 version of the song features a more bluesy and less funk-inspired rhythm, and guitar taking the synthesizer parts (albeit with similar delay effects). The lyrics are slightly different, indicating that the place the eagle wants to fly away from is a Native American reservation.

The main guitar hook in the song was first used in a slightly different form on Miller's 1969 track "My Dark Hour" (which featured Paul McCartney).

The song has also been used in advertisements by the United States Postal Service with the introduction of its new stylized "Eagle" logo.

The song has a parody called "Fry Up an Eagle" by comedian Tim Cavanagh about a man's curious appetite for unusal animals, specifically the bald eagle which was taken off the endangered species list within the past decade.

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