Fly Away (Haddaway song)

"Fly Away"
Single by Haddaway
from the album The Drive
Released30 April 1995 (1995-04-30)
GenreEurodance
Length4:04
Label
Songwriters
Producers
  • Dee Dee Halligan
  • Junior Torello
Haddaway singles chronology
"Stir It Up"
(1994) 		"Fly Away"
(1995) 		"Catch a Fire"
(1995)
Music video
"Fly Away" on YouTube
Alternative cover
CD maxi - Remixes

"Fly Away" is a song by Trinidadian-German musician Haddaway, released on 30 April 1995, by Ariola and Coconut Records, as the lead single from his second album, The Drive (1995). It was written by Dee Dee Halligan, Richard W. Palmer-James and Junior Torello, and produced by Halligan and Torello. As with several of Haddaway's singles, another CD maxi was commercialized a few months after the first release. The song was a number-one hit in Finland and a top-10 hit in Denmark, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Switzerland. The accompanying music video for "Fly Away" features the singer in a prison cell.

Critical reception

James Hamilton from British magazine Music Week's RM Dance Update described "Fly Away" as a "unhurried crooned Euro galloper".[1] Paul Moody from NME said it "is the sort of tedious Euroslush you'd expect minus the existential angst that made 'What Is Love' so groovy."[2]

Chart performance

"Fly Away" peaked at number one in Finland[3] and on the European Dance Radio Chart.[4] It entered the top 10 in Denmark,[5] Italy,[6] Lithuania, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Additionally, the single was a top-20 hit in Austria, Flanders, Sweden and the United Kingdom, as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it reached number 17 in May 1995.[7] On the UK Singles Chart, "Fly Away" reached its highest position of number 20 during its first week on the chart, on 18 June 1995.[8] It also peaked at number 25 on the UK Dance Singles Chart[9] and number 13 on the Record Mirror UK on a Pop Tip Club Chart.[10]

Music video

In the music video for "Fly Away", Haddaway appears sitting alone in a prison cell with a picture of a beach on the wall. He reads some lines in an old book, then the camera appears flying over a desert landscape. A naked Haddaway runs through this landscape, where he meets a white horse, smells some flowers and bathes in a waterfall. These dreamy outdoor scenes have a bluish tone. As he keeps running, he reaches a beach, where the waves crashes against the shore. It appears to be the same beach from the picture on the wall in his cell.[11] "Fly Away" was B-listed on German music television channel VIVA in May 1995. The following month, MTV Europe put the video on break out rotation.[12][13]

Track listings

  • CD single
  1. "Fly Away" (radio edit) — 4:04
  2. "Fly Away" (extended version) — 6:43
  • CD maxi
  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
  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

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Europe 30 April 1995
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
[20]
Australia 5 June 1995
  • CD
  • cassette
 [34]
Japan 21 July 1995 CD Ariola [35]

References

  1. ^ Hamilton, James (10 June 1995). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). p. 11. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  2. ^ Moody, Paul (7 October 1995). "Long Play". NME. p. 48. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  4. ^ a b "European Dance Radio" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 23. 10 June 1995. p. 22. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 19. 13 May 1995. p. 25. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 18. 6 May 1995. p. 21. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 21. 27 May 1995. p. 31. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 18 June 1995 - 24 June 1995". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Official UK Dance Singles Chart (25 June 1995-01 July 1995)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. ^ a b "The RM on a Pop Tip Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). 3 June 1995. p. 10. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Haddaway - Fly Away". YouTube. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  12. ^ "M&M Airplay Station Reports: VIVA" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 20. 20 May 1995. p. 27. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  13. ^ "M&M Airplay Station Reports: MTV Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 24. 17 June 1995. p. 31. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  14. ^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 5 June 2015". ARIA. Retrieved 3 February 2026 – via Imgur.
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  21. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Fly Away". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  22. ^ "Major Market Airplay: Italy" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 19. 13 May 1995. p. 33.
  23. ^ "M-1 Top 40". M-1.fm. 18 June 1995. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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