Fly (Hilary Duff song)

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"Fly"
Hilary Duff Fly.png
Single by Hilary Duff
from the album Hilary Duff and Most Wanted
B-side "Metamorphosis"
ReleasedAugust 9, 2004 (2004-08-09)
Length3:44
Label Hollywood
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) John Shanks
Hilary Duff singles chronology
"Our Lips Are Sealed"
(2004)		"Fly"
(2004)		"Someone's Watching Over Me"
(2005)
UK single cover
Hilary Duff Fly EU.png

"Fly" is a song by American actress and singer Hilary Duff for her 2004 self-titled third studio album. The song was written by Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks, who also produced the song. The song was first released in the United States on August 10, 2004, by Hollywood Records as the lead single from Hilary Duff. It was released again by Angel Records on March 13, 2006, in the United Kingdom as the fourth and final single from Duff's first compilation album, Most Wanted (2005).

Contents

Composition

The song's protagonist encourages listeners to "let go of your yesterday" and "reach for something when there's nothing left". Duff has described it as "an uplifting song in the face of all the negativity going around these days. It's about how people are scared to open up and show who they are inside because they're afraid of what others are going to say". [1]

Critical reception

Stylus magazine said the song was very similar to Duff's previous single, "Come Clean" (2004), but called it "an easily excusable offense, as it improves on the template ... [it] rightfully leads off the album." [2] Blender magazine said the song is "Urgent and theatrical" and "sounds like Evanescence—but the inspirational lyrics are pure Duff." [3] John Shanks received a 2005 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical for his work on "Fly" and recordings by Ashlee Simpson, Kelly Clarkson, Sheryl Crow, Robbie Robertson and Alanis Morissette. [4]

Chart performance

"Fly" failed to enter the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S., but peaked at number 29 on Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 chart. As of July 27, 2014, the song had sold 284,000 digital copies in the United States. [5]

Music video

The single's music video, directed by Chris Applebaum, combines black-and-white backstage footage with colorized shots of Duff performing the song live. The video was filmed in Worcester, Massachusetts during rehearsal for her Most Wanted Tour. Footage of the crowd was from opening night of the tour in Worcester. The video premiered on MTV's Total Request Live on August 26, 2004, debuted on the show's countdown on August 30 and reached number one on the countdown for one day. It spent twenty-eight days on the countdown, until October 27. [6] There was about 100 or more fans there who won a contest to watch her perform and be in the video as a crowd. The making of the video and her tour in Worcester is on the 2004 DVD Learning to Fly . It is also featured on the Raise Your Voice DVD under bonus features.

Live performances

Duff performed "Fly" on the 2004 World Music Awards. [7] [8]

Track listings

Charts

Chart (2004–2006)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [14] 21
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders) [15] 8
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia) [16] 11
Canada CHR/Pop Top 30 ( Radio & Records ) [17] 26
Ireland (IRMA) [18] 10
Italy (FIMI) [19] 13
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [20] 36
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [21] 32
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [22] 24
Scotland (OCC) [23] 7
UK Singles (OCC) [24] 20
US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) [25] 29

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel(s)Ref(s).
United StatesAugust 9, 2004 Hollywood [26]
United StatesOctober 19, 2004 Digital download [9]
AustraliaNovember 8, 2004 CD single [27] [28]
United KingdomMarch 13, 2006Hollywood [29]
CanadaMay 9, 2006Digital download [30]

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