Fly Away (Lenny Kravitz song)

"Fly Away" is one of Kravitz's most successful songs to date. 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 number 8 and was certified Gold. The song also helped to expand the success of his fifth studio album, 5 in Europe and earned Kravitz a Grammy Award in 1999 for Best Male Rock Performance.

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.

A girl in the crowd is briefly shown topless several times during the video.

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.^[3]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart^[4]	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
Canadian RPM Singles Chart^[5]	79
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	29

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 film Coyote Ugly and is the theme song for the Canadian reality television series Ice Pilots NWT.

Track listing

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.
↑ Lenny Kravitz crashes the VOP Choir in New Orleans for "Fly Away" YouTube.com. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
↑ "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.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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

Lenny Kravitz

Studio albums	Let Love Rule (1989) Mama Said (1991) Are You Gonna Go My Way (1993) Circus (1995) 5 (1998) Lenny (2001) Baptism (2004) It Is Time for a Love Revolution (2008) Black and White America (2011) Strut (2014)

Compilations	Greatest Hits

Video albums	Video Retrospective Greatest Hits: Limited Tour Edition (2004) It Is Time for a Love Revolution: Deluxe Edition (2008)

Related articles	Discography Videography Roxie Roker Sy Kravitz Zoë Kravitz Al Roker Lisa Bonet

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Lenny Kravitz singles discography

Let Love Rule	"Let Love Rule" (1989) "I Build This Garden for Us" (1990) "Freedom Train" (1990) "Does Anybody Out There Even Care" (1990) "Mr. Cab Driver" (1990) "Be" (1990)

Mama Said	"Always on the Run" (featuring Slash) (1991) "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" (1991) "Fields of Joy" (1991) "Stand by My Woman" (1991) "What the Fuck Are We Saying" (1991) "Stop Draggin' Around" (1991) "What Goes Around Comes Around"

Are You Gonna Go My Way	"Are You Gonna Go My Way" (1993) "Believe" (1993) "Heaven Help" (1993) "Is There Any Love in Your Heart" (1993) "Heaven Help" / "Spinning Around Over You" (1994)

Circus	"Rock and Roll Is Dead" (1995) "Circus" (1995) "Can't Get You Off My Mind" (1996) "The Resurrection" (1996)

5	"If You Can't Say No" (1998) "Thinking of You" (1998) "I Belong to You" (1998) "Fly Away" (1998) "American Woman" (1999) "Black Velveteen" (2000)

Greatest Hits	"Again" (1999) "Black Velveteen" (2000)

Lenny	"Dig In" (2001) "Stillness of Heart" (2002) "Believe in Me" (2002) "If I Could Fall in Love" (2002) "Yesterday Is Gone" (2002)

Baptism	"Where Are We Runnin'?" (2004) "California" (2004) "Storm" (featuring Jay-Z) (2004) "Calling All Angels" (2004) "Lady" (2005)

It Is Time for a Love Revolution	"Bring It On" (2007) "I'll Be Waiting" (2008) "Love Love Love" (2008) "Dancin' Til Dawn" (2008)

Black and White America	"Come On Get It" (2011) "Stand" (2011) "Rock Star City Life" (2011) "Push" (2011)

Strut	"The Chamber" (2014) "Sex" (2014) "New York City" (2014) "Strut" (2015) "The Pleasure And The Pain" (2015)

Soundtracks	"Spinning Around Over You" (1994) "American Woman" (1999) "Show Me Your Soul" (featuring P. Diddy, Pharrell Williams, Loon) (2004)

Other singles	"Deuce" (featuring Stevie Wonder) (1994) "We Want Peace" (2003) "Breathe" (2006) "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" (featuring Michael Jackson) (2010) "Superlove" (vs. Avicii) (2012)

Promotional singles	"The Soul of Lenny Kravitz" (1999) "Super Soul Fighter" (1999)

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