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
Recorded 1994
Genre Eurodance
Length 4:04
Label Scorpio, Polygram
Writer(s) Richard W. Palmer-James
Dee Dee Halligan
Junior Torello
Producer 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 1995 song recorded by the Trinidadian eurodance and house musician Haddaway. It was the first single from his second album The Drive and was released in April 1995. As for several 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
Austrian Singles Chart[1] 16
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[1] 15
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[1] 29
Dutch Top 40[2] 9
French SNEP Singles Chart[1] 23
German Singles Chart[1] 25
Irish Singles Chart[3] 28
Swedish Singles Chart[1] 14
Swiss Singles Chart[1] 9
UK Singles Chart[4] 20
End of year chart (1995) Position
Dutch Top 40[2] 95
Swiss Singles Chart[5] 52

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Fly Away", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
  2. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1995" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201995.pdf. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  3. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved August 1, 2008)
  4. ^ "Fly Away", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved August 4, 2008)
  5. ^ 1995 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved February 13, 2008)
Haddaway
Albums
Haddaway · The Drive  · Let's Do It Now · All the Best: His Greatest Hits · My Face · Love Makes · Best of Haddaway: What Is Love · Pop Splits
Singles
"What Is Love" · "Life" · "I Miss You" · "Rock My Heart" · "Fly Away" · "Catch a Fire" · "Lover Be Thy Name" · "What About Me" · "Who Do You Love" · "You're Taking My Heart" · "Deep" · "Love Makes" · "What Is Love Reloaded" · "Spaceman" · "Missionary Man" (feat. Della Miles) · "Follow Me" · "I Love the 90's" (feat. Dr Alban) · "What Is Love 2k9" (feat. Klaas) · "You Gave Me Love"