Born to Fly (song)

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"Born to Fly"
Sara Evans Born.jpg
Single by Sara Evans
from the album Born to Fly
B-side "I Could Not Ask for More"
ReleasedJune 26, 2000
Genre Country
Length3:35(single edit)
5:36 (album version)
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Sara Evans, Marcus Hummon, Darrell Scott
Producer(s) Sara Evans, Paul Worley
Sara Evans singles chronology
"That's the Beat of a Heart"
(2000)
"Born to Fly"
(2000)
"I Could Not Ask for More"
(2001)
Music video
"Born to Fly" at CMT.com

"Born to Fly" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Sara Evans. It was released in June 2000 as the first single and title track from her 2000 album of the same name. It became Evans' second number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart in January 2001. Evans wrote this song with Marcus Hummon and Darrell Scott.

Contents

Content

"Born to Fly" is an uptempo country song that is backed primarily with fiddles. The song's narrator is portrayed as a person wanting to expand their horizons and dreams of being somebody, who is tired of being stuck in the same place, and wants to get out. The song makes analogies to a bird spreading its wings and flying to its new destination.

The album version features a long instrumental outro for the song.

Music video

The accompanying music video for the song, Sara's first of many to be directed by Peter Zavadil, shows Evans portraying Dorothy, the main character from The Wizard of Oz motion picture. The video also features many of the same story elements as the movie, such as a tornado, a wicked witch, and a little black dog. The video won the CMA Award for Video of the Year in 2001, Evans' first (and only as of 2020).

The video was ranked #34 on CMT's 100 Greatest Videos. [1]

Cover versions

Chart performance

"Born to Fly" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 1, 2000.

Chart (2000–2001)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 7 [lower-alpha 1]
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 34

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 55
Chart (2001)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 39

Notes

  1. "Born to Fly" had not yet peaked when RPM ceased publication in November 2000.

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