Fly Away (Lenny Kravitz song)
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| Single by Lenny Kravitz | ||||||||||
| from the album 5 | ||||||||||
| Released | December 29, 1998 | |||||||||
| Format | CD single, maxi single | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||||||||
| Genre | Hard rock, funk rock | |||||||||
| Length |
3:41 (album version) 2:31 (radio edit) | |||||||||
| Label | VRA | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Lenny Kravitz | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Lenny Kravitz | |||||||||
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"Fly Away" is a song by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, the fourth single from his 1998 album 5.
Chart performance
"Fly Away" is one of Kravitz's most successful songs to date. The song was a hit in both Kravitz's native United States and the United Kingdom, particularly in the latter country. It went to number one on the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom,[1] while in the United States it reached number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] and topped both the Mainstream Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts. In New Zealand it peaked at #8 and was certified gold. The song also helped to expand the success of his album 5 in Europe and earned Kravitz a Grammy Award in 1999 for Best Male Rock Performance.
Peak positions
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Australian Singles Chart[3] | 8 |
| Canadian RPM Singles Chart | 3 |
| Dutch Mega Single Top 100 | 49 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 8 |
| UK Singles Chart | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 12 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 Tracks | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 7 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1999) | Position |
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| Canadian RPM Singles Chart[4] | 79 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 29 |
Music video
The music video for the single was directed by Paul Hunter. It features Kravitz and his band playing in a club, surrounded by a crowd dancing to the song, with some of them having fun and others making out. Special effects were added to the video to make it look beat up and grainy. The video is featured on the DVD for Kravitz's Greatest Hits album tour edition.
Kravitz also appears in a 2010 video in which he joined the Voice of Praise Choir from the First Baptist Church of Lewisville, Texas, as they performed "Fly Away" on a street in New Orleans.[6]
Appearances in film and television
"Fly Away" was played in the commercials for Southwest Airlines, MSN, the Peugeot 206 and one of the first Nissan Xterra ads. It is also featured in the video game Madden NFL 11, the film Coyote Ugly and is the theme song for the Canadian reality television series Ice Pilots NWT.
Tracklisting
- CD 1
- "Fly Away" - 3:41
- "Fly Away" (Live Acoustic) - 4:03
- "Believe" (Live Acoustic) - 5:14
- CD 2
- "Fly Away" (Single Edit)
- "Fly Away" (LP Version)
- Call Out Hook
UK Edition
- "Fly Away"
- "Fly Away" (Live Acoustic)
- "Believe" (Live Acoustic)
References
- ↑ UK Singles Chart info Chartstats.com. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 353.
- ↑ "Australia Singles Top 50". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 70, No. 8, December 13, 1999". RPM. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
- ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
- ↑ Lenny Kravitz crashes the VOP Choir in New Orleans for "Fly Away" YouTube.com. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
External links
| Preceded by "Slide" by Goo Goo Dolls |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single November 21–28, 1998 |
Succeeded by "Never There" by Cake |
| Preceded by "Psycho Circus" by Kiss |
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number-one single November 7–21, 1998 |
Succeeded by "Turn the Page" by Metallica |
| Preceded by "Maria" by Blondie |
UK Singles Chart number-one single February 14, 1999 - February 20, 1999 |
Succeeded by "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears |
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