Permission to Fly

Permission to Fly is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Jordan Pruitt. On July 22, the album was released to all Limited Too stores only and in September the album was released on iTunes. On August 26, 2008 the album was given a physical release. The worldwide premiere of the album was broadcast over Radio Disney on July 19, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time and 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The encore also aired on July 21, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time and 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time.^[1] For unknown reasons, the album was removed from iTunes on September 19, 2008.

Track listing

1. "One Love" (Leah Haywood, Daniel James, Shelly Peiken) – 2:59
2. "My Shoes" (Arnthor Birgisson, Savan Kotecha) – 3:02
3. "In Love for a Day" (Antonina Armato, Tim James, Jordan Pruitt) – 3:26
4. "Boyfriend" (Armato, James, Pruitt) – 3:32
5. "Unconditional" (David Kopatz, Ben Dunk, Angie Irons) – 3:43
6. "I'm Gone" (Adam Watts, Andy Dodd, Pruitt) – 2:38
7. "Simple Things" (Haywood, James) – 2:45
8. "Permission to Fly" (Aris Archontis, Jeannie Lurie, Chen Neeman) – 3:13
9. "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (Smokey Robinson, Robert Rogers) – 2:54
10. "Secrets" (Armato, James, Pruitt) – 3:11
11. "I Wanna Go Back" (Watts, Dodd, Pruitt) – 3:18
12. "Always" (Armato, James, Pruitt, Sean Hurley) – 4:23

Singles

"One Love"

Released: June 10, 2008 (MySpace), June 14, 2008 (Radio Disney), July 8, 2008 (iTunes)
Length: 3:02
Genre: Dance-pop, reggae
Label: Hollywood
Writers: Leah Haywood, Daniel James, Shelly Peiken

"One Love" is the lead single from Permission to Fly. A snippet of the song was added on Pruitt's MySpace on June 10, 2008. She performed the song at the opening of the Disney Channel Games in 2008. It premiered on Radio Disney on June 14, 2008 and was produced by Shelly Peiken. It was available on iTunes on July 8, 2008. "One Love" was very successful on Radio Disney, appearing in the top three of Radio Disney's website multiple times. The song failed to attract Top 40 mainstream radio airplay, and therefore did not chart.

"My Shoes"

Released: October 3, 2008 (Radio Disney), October 7, 2008 (MySpace), December 21, 2008 (iTunes)
Length: 3:04
Genre: Dance-pop, R&B
Label: Hollywood
Writers: Arnthor Birgisson, Savan Kotecha

"My Shoes" is the second single from the Permission to Fly. Pruitt performed the song at the opening of the Disney Channel Games in 2008. It premiered on Radio Disney on October 3, 2008. The music video for "My Shoes" was shot in a high school in Los Angeles, California on August 27, 2008. On December 21, 2008 "My Shoes" was released to iTunes.

In March 2008, Pruitt started to discuss a second single from Permission to Fly with her record label. She and her record label went right for "My Shoes" so it was ready to be the second single. It was released on October 7, 2008. It was shown on the Disney Channel Games 2008. Like Pruitt's lead single from this album, "My Shoes" also failed to attract mainstream radio airplay and the song did not chart.

Release history

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