Fly Away (John Denver song)

Fly Away (John Denver song)

"Fly Away" is a 1975 song written and performed by John Denver, with Olivia Newton-John (uncredited) on backup vocals. [http://www.onlyolivia.com/music/albums/data/denver.html Only Olivia's album information regarding "Fly Away"] ] Released as a single from the "Windsong" album, "Fly Away" peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1976. [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=10545 Fly Away chart placement on Songfacts] ] It also spent two weeks atop the adult contemporary chart, Denver's sixth #1 on this chart. [Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)]

The song is an ode to longing for simpler times and a simpler way of life. [http://www.superseventies.com/spdenverjohn4.html John Denver's Windsong from SuperSeventies] ] "Rolling Stone" magazine remarks, "At this point, John Denver albums are as numerous as potted plants in the apartments of these urbanites, and both are symptoms of the same longing. The singer acknowledges his average listener in 'Fly Away'." [http://www.superseventies.com/spdenverjohn4.html John Denver's Windsong from SuperSeventies] ]

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