This Flight Tonight
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| "This Flight Tonight" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song by Joni Mitchell from the album Blue | ||||
| Released | June 1971 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Writer | Joni Mitchell | |||
| Cover versions | ||||
| This Flight Tonight | ||||
| Blue track listing | ||||
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"This Flight Tonight" is a song by Joni Mitchell, from her 1971 album Blue. It tells of the singer's regrets as she leaves her lover on a flight and wishes to return. Its opening lines are:[1]
| “ | Look out the left, the captain said The lights down there, that's where we'll land I saw a falling star burn up Above the Las Vegas sands |
” |
Covers
UK hard rock band Nazareth reworked the song in 1973 to make it their own with a powerful, driving hard-rock treatment which was a hit in Canada, Germany and the UK.[2][3] This re-work was subsequently covered by German heavy metal band Heavens Gate on their 1989 debut album In Control and by Iron Savior on their self-titled 1997 debut. Blues artist Pura Fé covered the song on her 2009 release Full Moon Rising.
Charts
| Charts (1973–1974) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Top 40 | 2 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 27 |
| German Singles Chart | 1 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 5 |
| U.K. Singles Chart | 11 |
Year-End Chart
| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Top 40 | 4 |
| German Media Control Singles Chart | 11 |
| UK Singles Chart | 98 |
References
- ↑ Joni Mitchell, M. Grompi (1998), Joni Mitchell, p. 97, ISBN 978-88-09-21519-1
- ↑ M. C. Strong (1998), The great rock discography, p. 565, ISBN 978-88-09-21522-1
- ↑ Dave Thompson (2004), Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story, pp. 201–202, ISBN 978-1-55022-618-8
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